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Quotation from Fairy Tales (Selection) by Hans Christian Andersen
“Roses bloom and roses decay, But we the Christ-child shall see one day.”
Fairy Tales (Selection), The Snow Queen, Seventh Story, trans. W. A. Craigie
In the Snow Queen's palace Gerda sings the hymn she and Kay learned as children; Kay bursts into tears and the splinter washes out of his eye.
Citation: "Roses bloom and roses decay, But we the Christ-child shall see one day." — Hans Christian Andersen, Fairy Tales (Selection), The Snow Queen, Seventh Story, trans. W. A. Craigie. (id andersen-fairy-tales-q6)
Portrait: Hans Christian Andersen by Thora Hallager 1869, Thora Hallager, Public domain.
