Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RENUNCIATION, by EDITH BLAND NESBIT Poet's Biography First Line: Rose of the desert of my heart Last Line: To where no happy roses are! Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert Subject(s): Flowers; Roses | ||||||||
ROSE of the desert of my heart, Moon of the night that is my soul, Thou can'st not know how sweet thou art, Nor what wild tides thy beams control. For all thy heart a garden is, Thy soul is like a dawn of May. And garden and dawn might both be his, Who from them both must turn away. Oh, garden of the Spring's delight! Oh, dewy dawn of perfect noon! I will not pluck thy roses white Or warm thy May-time into June. I can but bless thee, moon and rose, And journey far and very far To where the night no moonbeam shows, To where no happy roses are! | 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 BALLAD OF CANTERBURY by EDITH BLAND NESBIT |
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