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 Ernest H. A. Home THE PLACE WHERE OUR ROSES GREW

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��UR roses ah, yonder they grew,

(Pierre s old eyes grew dimmer with pain)

Just under that heap, m sieu/

Where they never will grow again.

For the walls of the garden fell. Though Henri had builded true,

When they came with their flaming shell To the place where our roses grew.

Weeds, weeds will inherit the soil Tall nettles with toads going through ;

But the fruits of our loving toil, Ah, never again, m sieu !

For my Marie and I are old Much older than young m sieu

And our hope and our strength lie cold In the place where our roses grew.

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S blossoms, by an ever-flowing river

Borne out to sea, Pause for a moment where the sedges shiver

And mourn the bee, So memories in drifting to the keeping

Of a yet vaster deep Stay their still passing as the sound of weeping

Falls on their sleep ; And ghostly ships with long-lost crews come sailing

Down the forgotten years O God, how swells the symphony of wailing

Borne on a tide of tears!

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