The rose is fairest when 't is budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears. The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew, And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.
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Although too much of a soldier among sovereigns, no one could claim with better right to be a sovereign among soldiers.
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Novembers sky is chill and drear, Novembers leaf is red and sear.
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