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He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.
He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.
 All June I bound the rose in sheaves,
 Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves.  
 All June I bound the rose in sheaves,
 Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves. 
 When love came first to earth, the Spring
 Spread rose-beds to receive him.  
 When love came first to earth, the Spring
 Spread rose-beds to receive him. 
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
 She wore a wreath of roses,
 The night that first we met.  
 She wore a wreath of roses,
 The night that first we met. 
 You smell a rose through a fence:
 If two should smell it, what matter?  
 You smell a rose through a fence:
 If two should smell it, what matter? 
 I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phoebus peeps in view,
 For its like a baumy kiss o'er her sweet read more 
 I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phoebus peeps in view,
 For its like a baumy kiss o'er her sweet bonnie mou'! 
 I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
 [Fr., Je ne suis pas la rose, read more 
 I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose.
 [Fr., Je ne suis pas la rose, mais j'ai vecu pres d'elle.] 
 The full-blown rose, mid dewy sweets
 Most perfect dies.  
 The full-blown rose, mid dewy sweets
 Most perfect dies.