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THE GRAVE AND THE ROSE by: Victor Hugo (1802-1885) HE Grave said to the Rose, "What of the dews of dawn, Love's flower, what end is theirs?" "And what of spirits flown, The souls whereon doth close The tomb's mouth unawares?" The Rose said to the Grave.   The Rose said, "In the shade From the dawn's tears is made A perfume faint and strange, Amber and honey sweet." "And all the spirits fleet Do suffer a sky-change, More strangely than the dew, To God's own angels new," The Grave said to the Rose. This English translation of "The Grave and the Rose" was composed by Andrew Lang (1844-1912).

Paris Bordone.  Venetian Lovers . 1525-30. "Whereto should I express" By King Henry VIII Whereto should I express My inward heaviness? No mirth can make me fain Till that we meet again. Do 'way, dear heart, not so! Let no thought you dismay ; Though ye now part me fro, We shall meet when we may. When I remember me Of your most gentil mind, It may in no wise agree That I should be unkind. The daisy delectable, The violet wan and blo— Ye are not variable, I love you and no mo. I make you fast and sure ; It is to me great pain Thus longë to endure Till that we meet again. Source: Poetry of the English Renaissance . William J. Hebel and Hoyt H. Hudson, Eds. New York: F. S. Crofts & Co., 1941. 8-9.