<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419920" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Rose Amidst the thorns</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Roses in profusion<br>bloomed along our garden wall.<br>They were both red and yellow-<br>tea hybrids, I recall.<br>There were thorns too, <br>as I well knew, <br>standing guard among the blooms.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A careless creature soon would learn<br>to give the rose wide berth<br>An agony of thorns awaits<br>the careless of the earth.<br>Yet thorns permit the bees to come<br>and pollen to transpose.<br>and, if careful, they'll admit<br>my own scent seeking nose</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>I think thorns serve their purpose well<br>else roses would be trampled<br>The thorns are roses' guardians<br>and not inconsequential.<br>Without a thorn, the rose, forlorn, <br>is destined for the ashes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419920" data-title="A Rose Amidst the thorns de John F. McCullagh" data-description="Roses in profusion bloomed along our garden wall. They were both red and yellow- tea hybrids, I recall. There were thorns too, as I well knew, standing guard among the blooms. A careless creature soon would learn to give the rose wide berth An ..."></div> </div> </div>

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