“though mankind persuades
itself that every weed's
a rose, roses(you feel
certain) will only smile”
E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet
72
95 poems (1958)
“i shall imagine life
is not worth dying, if
(and when)roses complain
their beauties are in vain
but though mankind persuades
itself that every weed's
a rose, roses(you feel
certain)will only smile”
Source: Complete Poems, 1904-1962
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