Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PLAINT OF THE ROSE, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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THE PLAINT OF THE ROSE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Said the budding rose, 'all night
Last Line: "to the calm of the cloister night!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses


SAID the budding Rose, "All night
Have I dreamed of the joyous light:
How long doth my lord delay!
Come, Dawn, and kiss from mine eyes away
The dewdrops cold and the shadows gray,
That hide thee from my sight!"

Said the full-blown Rose, "O Light!
(So fair to the dreamer's sight!)
How long doth the dew delay!
Come back, sweet sister shadows gray,
And lead me home from the world away,
To the calm of the cloister Night!"





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