by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
The rose with such a bonny blush
Language: English
The rose with such a bonny blush, What has the rose to blush about? If it's the sun that makes her flush, What's in the sun to flush about?
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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