"Brave the storm with firm endevor, Let your vain repinings go! Hopeful hearts will find forever— Roses underneath the snow."
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"Roses Underneath the Snow", chorus. Music by [[w:Hart Pease Danks|H[art] P[ease] Danks]]. Lyrics by Cooper. Attributed in Henry De Marsan's New Comic and Sentimental Singers' Journal, vol. 2, no. 117 (c. 1868) p. 133, col. 2. Anthologized in Warren Snyder (ed.) Poetical Favorites, Yours and Mine (New York: Wessels & Bissell Co, 1910) pp. 71–72
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George Cooper (poet)
George Cooper (May 14, 1840 – September 26, 1927) was an American poet remembered chiefly for his song lyrics, many set to music by Stephen Foster, such as "There Are Plenty of Fish in the Sea" and "For the Dear Old Flag I Die!"
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