Thorn and Rose + 

Far richer than a thornless rose + 

Whose branch with beauty never glows, + 

Is that which every June adorns + 

With perfect bloom among its thorns. + 

Merely to live without a pain + 

Is little gladness, little gain, + 

Ah, welcome joy tho’ mixt with grief⁠— + 

The thorn-set flower that crowns the leaf. + 