| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 47380 |
| QUOTATION: | Give me the roses while I live, Something to cheer me on; Useless the flowers you may give, After the soul is gone. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | James Rowe (19th20th century), hymn-writer. Published in The Sacred Harp (1991). Wonderful things of men are said, l. 5-8 (1915). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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