ROSES IN THE SOUTHWEST 
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And finally, if you would escape their enchantment, never look 
at one, for once beholding their fleeting beauty, you are lost. They 
weave a spell that will rob you of all reason, for knowing they may 
wreck your whole garden, you will yet plant them and in time 
realize that your feeling for them is the same as the Greeks for 
Alcibiades—you 
