A rose to the living
Nixon Waterman
1859 to 1944
A rose to the living is more
Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead;
In filling love's infinite store,
A rose to the living is more,
If graciously given before
The hungering spirit is fled, —
A rose to the living is more
Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead
Nixon Waterman's A rose to the living
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