Banjo Paterson

“ God in his wisdom her young life closes;
Over her grave may the turf be light,
Cover her coffin with roses white
She was always fond of the big white roses.
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Such are the visions that fade away --
Man proposes and God disposes ”

“ Only an old man, worn and grey,
Bending his head to a bunch of roses.
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