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Sara Teasdale

I dream that he is mine,
 I dream that he is true,
And all his words I keep
 As rose-leaves hold the dew.

O little thirsty rose,
 O little heart beware,
Lest you should hope to hold
 A hundred roses’ share.

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From Helen of Troy And Other Poems | 1911

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