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Annius Florus: Roses
By Roman Poets of the Later Empire
Translation of Harriet Waters Preston
O
Doth roses bring.
A spear-like point amid the under green
Is one day seen,
The next a swelling bud, the next we greet
The rose complete;
Whose race, before another set of sun,
Will all be run.
Gather then, quickly, ere this glory’s o’er,
Or nevermore!