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I built my house upon my last. So sudden was its fall, and so surprisingly my first, it must have been my all.
(What’s the word? Each clue is a syllable!) – [Answer]( [roses] ’Tis the last rose of summer
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone:
No flower of her kindred,
No rose-bud is nigh,
To reflect back her blushes,
Or give sigh for sigh.
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