Part 4 — "WHEN I SAW YOU LAST, ROSE"
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When I saw you last, Rose, You were only so high;— How fast the time goes!
Like a bud ere it blows, You just peeped at the sky, When I saw you last, Rose!
Now your petals unclose, Now your May-time is nigh;— How fast the time goes!
And a life,—how it grows! You were scarcely so shy, When I saw you last, Rose!
In your bosom it shows There's a guest on the sly; (How fast the time goes!)
Is it Cupid? Who knows! Yet you used not to sigh, When I saw you last, Rose;— How fast the time goes!
Austin Dobson [1840-1921]