Far richer than a thornless rose
Whose branch with beauty never glows,
Is that which every June adorns
With perfect bloom among its thorns.
Merely to live without a pain
Is little gladness, little gain,
Ah, welcome joy tho’ mixt with grief,-
The thorn-set flower that crowns the leaf.
(Henry Van Dyke)
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