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Poem #67

Ode to my Faerie Queene

Roses have thorns

weeds have them too;

I’d say, “Happy Birthday!”

but our wounds would renew.

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 He said, "Why should I tarry?"

And smiled with tranquil eye;

"In destinies sad or merry,

True men can but try."

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

(Lines 562-565)