SELECTIONS FROM POEMS BY ELLIS BELL. LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. |
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SELECTIONS FROM POEMS BY ELLIS BELL.LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.
Love is like the wild rose-briar;
Friendship like the holly-tree.
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms,
But which will bloom most constantly?
The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,
Its summer blossoms scent the air;
Yet wait till winter comes again,
And who will call the wild-briar fair?
Then, scorn the silly rose-wreath now,
And deck thee with the holly`s sheen,
That, when December blights thy brow,
He still may leave thy garland green.
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