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Oscar Wilde

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Why, what a wonderful piece of luck! Here is a red rose! I have never seen any rose like it in all my life. It is so beautiful that I am sure it has a long Latin name.
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"The Nightingale and the Rose".

 
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Come near, come near, come near — Ah, leave me still
A little space for the rose-breath to fill!
Lest I no more bear common things that crave;
The weak worm hiding down in its small cave,
The field-mouse running by me in the grass,
And heavy mortal hopes that toil and pass;
But seek alone to hear the strange things said
By God to the bright hearts of those long dead,
And learn to chaunt a tongue men do not know.
Come near; I would, before my time to go,
Sing of old Eire and the ancient ways:
Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days.

 
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A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose said my old friend Gertrude Stein.

 
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"Too well the scholar knows
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But peace is made! We sing, this morn,
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Our Latin lesson is complete:
We've learned that Love is Bitter-Sweet!

 
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Come near me, while I sing the ancient ways:
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