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SONGS OF THE SOUL

PROTECTING THORNS

The charm of the blushing roseHides its stinging thorns beneath;Yet without the wounds from thoseThou could’st not snatch its wealth with stealth,—The rose with thorns unstained with blood,The rose that sprang from earthly sod.
In her defense the thorns do sting,To keep thee out by thorny ring;Yet the perfumed petals’ showThy drowsing soul doth wake and draw:If thou dost love the beauty aloneWhy would’st thou rush to bleed from pricklythorns?

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