John Boyle O'Reilly

28 June 1844 - 10 August 1890 / Dowth Castle, County Meath

Spring Flowers

O THE rare spring flowers! take them as they come:
Do not wait forsummer buds—they may never bloom.
Every sweet to-day sends, we are wise to save;
Roses bloom for pulling: the path is to the grave.
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