Beneath that arch of roses Beatrice
sat and how she sighed
She was tired and she was lonely
even though she soon was to become a bride!

Her Sweetheart he had left her
by those pillars on the lawn
He had galloped out into the moonlight
saying "I will return before the dawn!"

She opened up her journal and
began to read the words therein
And she shed a tear remembering
how her first love did begin!

But before the night-time it was over,
a knock came loudly to her door
They said her sweetheart he lay dying
so she would see her love no more!

So tonight beneath that arch of roses
Beatrice sat and how she sighed
As she penned her final moments
and the reasons why she died!

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