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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROSES (2), by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Harold, on a summer day
Last Line: I can never hear again.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses
First Line: Harold, on a summer day
Last Line: I can never hear again.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses
HAROLD, on a summer day,
Gave me roses for my hair, --
Roses red, and roses white,
As if pale with Love's despair.
White ones for my brow, he said,
Red to blush beside my cheek, --
And a bud to whisper me
Something that he dared not speak.
Ah, that summer day is over,
And its brightness comes not back:
Harold's roses something held
Other roses seemed to lack.
Blossoms bloom along my path
Red and white as those were then, --
But the words that Harold spoke
I can never hear again.
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