Poems (Bibesco)/XXVII

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XXVII
  No mortal ever knowsHow to surrender to a rose;  But simply says: "SupposeThis flower should teach me how to die,Where would I find Eternity?"
  God in His wrath aroseAnd let his thunder peal the word: "Suppose!  Do not defile the rose.Petal-light is the weight of My power;And man in the dust shall kneel to a flower."
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