Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ROSALIE, by JULIET WILBOR TOMPKINS


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ROSALIE, by                    
First Line: Over the fields where the soft wind blows
Last Line: Bearing her daisy sheaf.
Subject(s): Flirtation; Flowers; Love


OVER the fields where the soft wind blows,
Sweetest of flowers, Rosalie goes,
Ever bending, so daintily slight,
To gather the daisies golden and white.
Careless and happy she passes by,
Bearing her daisy sheaf.

The grasses cling to her trailing gown:
"Rosalie, Rosalie dear, stoop down.
So long we have waited! Ah, sweet, be kind;
Go not away, leaving us behind."
But Rosalie, careless, passes them by,
Bearing her daisy sheaf.

Whispers the clover down at her feet:
"The daisy has not our fragrance sweet,
See how boldly she holds her head!
Gather us, Rosalie dear, instead."
But Rosalie, careless, passes them by,
Bearing her daisy sheaf.

Rosalie's lover kneels in the grass:
"Rosalie, dearest, do not pass,
Leaving my heart to wither alone;
Stoop and gather it, love, for thine own."
But Rosalie laughts and passes him by,
Bearing her daisy sheaf.





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