Francis Thompson quote: The fairest things have fleetest end,Their scent survives their close:But the rose's scent is bitternessTo her who loved the rose.

The fairest things have fleetest end,Their scent survives their close:But the rose's scent is bitternessTo her who loved the rose.

~ Francis Thompson ~

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