Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NEW ROSES, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poet's Biography First Line: The old love kissed you and went by Last Line: The dead rose to her breast. Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Love; Spring | ||||||||
THE Old Love kissed you and went by, Without the New Love stands With roses red to crown your head, New roses in his hands." I know not if she heard at all; I only know she bent Above the withered blooms she held, As one too well content. "In this your house grown desolate The chills of Winter cling; The New Love waits without your gates To lead you back to Spring." I know not if she heard at all; I only know she turned Her hands above the empty hearth, As though the ashes burned. The New Love singing went his way Across the blossomed lands -- A little lad with Springtime glad And roses in his hands. I know not if she heard at all; I only know she pressed, As mothers might a little child, The dead rose to her breast. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A BOOK OF CELTIC VERSE (TO SEUMAS MACMANUS) by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON |
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