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Signification . . Brave Rose. 
Emblem Hundred-leaved Rose. 
Sentiment .... Dignity of mind. 
Just by a shady grove, 
All hid from passers by, 
A rose-bush blossoms there, 
Beneath the summer sky. 
One morn a beauteous bud, 
The fairest I had seen, 
Burst from its velvet folds, 
Amid the tender green. 
With wonder and delight, 
I stood awhile to gaze, — 
Its beauty filled my soul 
With gratitude and praise. 
I left it there to charm 
Perchance some other eye; 
To beautify its parent tree, 
And then to fade and die. 
Fair Bose ! this opening bud 
An emblem is of thee ; 
Thy useful life so pure, 
Thy heart from guile so free; 
