Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BRITISH RURAL COTTAGES IN 1842, by EBENEZER ELLIOTT Poet's Biography First Line: The scentless rose, train'd by the poor Last Line: Where is the aged pauper's rose! Alternate Author Name(s): Corn-law Rhymer; Elliot, Ebenezer Subject(s): Flowers; Great Britain; Poverty; Roses | ||||||||
The scentless rose, train'd by the poor, May sometimes grace the peasant's door; But when will comfort enter there? Beauty without, hides death within, Like flowers upon the shroud of sin: For ev'n the poor man's marriage-joys, His wife, his sad-lipp'd girls and boys, In mercy or in mockery given, But brighten, with their 'hour of heav'n,' A life of ghastly toil and care: His pay is pain, his hope despair, Although the cottage-rose is fair! Out of his weekly pittance small, Three crowns, for children, wife, and all, Poor British Slave! how can he save A pittance for his evening's close? No roses deck the workhouse-grave! Where is the aged pauper's rose! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHISPER OF THE ROSE by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG THE WISDOM OF THE ROSE by ELSA BARKER LOVE PLANTED A ROSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES ROSES; A VILANELLE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE PAINTER ON SILK by AMY LOWELL VARIATIONS: 17 by CONRAD AIKEN WORDS IN A CERTAIN APPROPRIATE MODE by HAYDEN CARRUTH A POET'S EPITAPH by EBENEZER ELLIOTT |
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