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Rh The Rose

Yea, in the grass I see a stalk;

The bending leaves to left and right

Fashion a cross beside the walk.

Tell me the meaning of this sight.

The Gardener

The lily makes a cross because

I planted it to give a sign

That what the Word of God once was

Shall ever be the truth benign.

The Rose

See on the stem it bows its head

Stooping to open unto earth.

The Gardener

So on the cross the Saviour dead

Opened to man a second birth.

The Rose

Oh what a lovely yellow bloom,

Crown of the richest golden hue!

Light from the Garden's open Tomb,

Give me a golden flower too!