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Herrick, in one of his many complimentary fancies, thus accounts for the Rose's change of colour, and the thought seems to have become public property since his day, for we find it versified in divers manners by bards of all degrees—

Being dedicated to the goddess of beauty and god of love, the Rose often plays her part in the tender and sentimental