"The gathered rose, and the stolen heart, Can charm but for a day."

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Children's authors19th-century poets from the United StatesWomen authors from the United StatesWomen born in the 19th centuryPoets from New York City
Original Language: English

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Ballad", refrain, in the New-York Mirror, and Ladies' Literary Gazette, vol. 6 (May 30, 1829) p. 1. The poem's epigraph: "La rose cueillie et le cœur gagué ne plaisent qu'un jour.