Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY NEIGHBOR'S ROSES, by ABRAHAM GRUBER First Line: The roses red upon my neighbor's vine Last Line: Is grown for you, upon your neighbor's vine? Subject(s): Brotherhood; Selflessness | ||||||||
The roses red upon my neighbor's vine Are owned by him, but they are also mine, His was the cost, and his the labor, too, But mine as well as his the joy, their loveliness to view. They bloom for me, and are for me as fair As for the man who gives them all his care. Thus I am rich, because a good man grew A rose-clad vine for all his neighbors' view. I know from this that others plant for me, And what they own, my joy may also be; So why be selfish, when so much that's fine Is grown for you, upon your neighbor's vine? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SIGN FOR MY FATHER, WHO STRESSED THE BUNT by DAVID BOTTOMS A SOLILOQUY ON THE COURSE AND CONSQUENCE OF A DOUBTING MIND by JOHN BYROM ELIMINATE THE I by BELLE RICHARDSON HARRISON HOW SHOULD THEY KNOW ME by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL FASTING by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON FIGHT; THE TALE OF A GUNNER AT PLATTSBURGH, 1814 by PERCY MACKAYE PRESAGING by RAINER MARIA RILKE ODE TO A PIG WHILE HIS NOSE WAS BEING ROASTED by ROBERT SOUTHEY |
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