“You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.”

—  Thomas Moore, Irish Melodies

Farewell! But Whenever You Welcome the Hour, st. 3. <br class="br">Source: Irish Melodies http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/moore.html (1807–1834)

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