Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ROSES ON THE TERRACE, by ALFRED TENNYSON



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First Line: Rose, on this terrace fifty years ago
Last Line: Glows in the blue of fifty miles away.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses


ROSE, on this terrace fifty years ago,
When I was in my June, you in your May,
Two words, 'My Rose,' set all your face aglow,
And now that I am white and you are gray,
That blush of fifty years ago, my dear,
Blooms in the past, but close to me to-day,
As this red rose, which on our terrace here
Glows in the blue of fifty miles away.







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