(Rose Catalog, American, 1892, found
at Early American Gardens)
TWO CHAMBERS HAS THE HEART
Two chambers has the heart
Wherein do dwell
Sorrow and Joy apart.
When Joy wakes in her nest
Sorrow is still
And lies in quiet rest.
Oh Joy — beware — nor break
The calm. Speak low
Lest Sorrow should awake.
~ Hermann Neumann (1808-1875), German Romantic poet
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