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ROSES OF JUNE.
And her southern birds will wait her coming in vain,
Their starry eyes impatiently pierce the palm-trees' shade,
And her roses droop in their bowers, alone they'll wither and fade.
Roses of June you are gone, but we know you will blossom again.