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Christina Rossetti

If hope grew on a bush,
  And joy grew on a tree,
What a nosegay for the plucking
  There would be!

But oh! in windy autumn,
  When frail flowers wither,
What should we do for hope and joy,
  Fading together?

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From Sing-Song: A Nursery Rhyme Book | 1893

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