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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 13 Mar 1999.
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[contd.]And another.. any rose?

[contd.]And another.. any rose?

alt.ascii-art · 5 messages · 13 Mar 1999 - 17 Mar 1999
gap...@vcn.bc.ca ASCII art 13 Mar 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
Seung-woo Keum <twi...@soback.kornet21.net> wrote:
SK> and can i find kind of beautiful rose also around here?

Lemme check my collection of other peoples' artwork. . . :)


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NOTE:     I did NOT draw the above picture(s) I have NO ascii art
          drawing ability AT ALL;  I am merely a collector & sharer of
          that which I enjoy of ascii artwork in my travels...


Your friend,

<+]::-{(} ("Cyberpope")
(email: gap...@vcn.bc.ca)

        (Please cc my mailbox and/or quote with "Cyberpope wrote...")

                WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE BILL GATES TO GO TODAY?

gap...@vcn.bc.ca ASCII art 13 Mar 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
Seung-woo Keum <twi...@soback.kornet21.net> wrote:
SK> and can i find kind of beautiful rose also around here?

Some more. . .

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NOTE:     I did NOT draw the above picture(s) I have NO ascii art
          drawing ability AT ALL;  I am merely a collector & sharer of
          that which I enjoy of ascii artwork in my travels...

Your friend,

<+]::-{(} ("Cyberpope")
(email: gap...@vcn.bc.ca)

        (Please cc my mailbox and/or quote with "Cyberpope wrote...")

                WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE BILL GATES TO GO TODAY?

and can i find kind of beautiful rose also around here?

thanks.

HYU E.E -SWKeum

J <joe...@anet-stl.com> 15 Mar 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
@----}--------
One of the most basic Ascii roses that no one has posted....Here ya go


Seung-woo Keum wrote in message <36E...@soback.kornet21.net>...
>and can i find kind of beautiful rose also around here?
>
>thanks.
>
>HYU E.E -SWKeum

Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 17 Mar 1999 00:00 · permalink · report
.----- On Sat, 13 Mar 1999 16:44:00 +0900, Seung-woo Keum posted:
|and can i find kind of beautiful rose also around here?
|
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				 THE ROSE
        .     .      
    ...  :``..':              Some say love it is the river   
     : ````.'   :''::'           that drowns the tender reed.
   ..:..  :     .'' :         Some say love it is a razor
 ``.    `:    .'     :           that leaves your soul to bleed.
    :    :   :        :       Some say love it is a hunger
     :   :   :         :         an endless aching need.
     :    :   :        :      I say love it is a flower
      :    :   :..''''``::.      and you, its only seed.
       : ...:..'     .''
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      :..'''``:::::::            that never learns to dance.
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                  `::.           that never takes the chance.
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      .:        .:``:::
      .:    ..''     :::      When the night has been too lonely
       : .''          ::         and the road has been too long,
        :             ::      and you think that love is only
                       :         for the lucky and the strong,
                        :     just remember in the winter
                                 far beneath the bitter snows
                              lies the seed
                                 that with the sun's love in the spring
                                        becomes the rose.....

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-Martin
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