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Percy Bysshe Shelley - Sweet the rose which lives in...
Sweet the rose which lives in Heaven, Although on earth 'tis planted, Where its honours blow, While by earth's slaves the leaves are riven Which die the while they glow. (Percy Bysshe Shelley)

Sweet the rose which lives in Heaven, Although on earth 'tis planted, Where its honours blow, While by earth's slaves the leaves are riven Which die the while they glow.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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