Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONGS OF ROSES: 3. THE ROSE OF SORROW, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE


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SONGS OF ROSES: 3. THE ROSE OF SORROW, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The royal rose our sovereign bard bewitches
Last Line: For sorrow's rose is white.
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses


THE royal rose our sovereign bard bewitches;
Three roses crown his lyre;
The red is Conquest; and the yellow, Riches;
The damask rose, Desire.

But o'er the airs with which his strings are ringing,
One rose hangs out of sight;
Of the white rose he never dreams of singing, --
For Sorrow's rose is white.





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