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For those roses bright, oh, those roses bright!
I have twined them in my sister’s locks
That are hid in the dust from sight.

— Phoebe Cary Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

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And though hard be the task,
"Keep a stiff upper lip!"

Father, perfect my trust;
Let my spirit feel in death,
That her feet are firmly set
On the rock of a living faith!

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