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<h2> LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. </h2>
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Love is like the wild rose-briar;<br/>
Friendship like the holly-tree.<br/>
The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms,<br/>
But which will bloom most constantly?<br/>
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The wild rose-briar is sweet in spring,<br/>
Its summer blossoms scent the air;<br/>
Yet wait till winter comes again,<br/>
And who will call the wild-briar fair?<br/>
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Then, scorn the silly rose-wreath now,<br/>
And deck thee with the holly's sheen,<br/>
That, when December blights thy brow,<br/>
He still may leave thy garland green.<br/></p>
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