Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE KINGDOM OF THE ROSE, by THOMAS WALSH First Line: Across the kingdom of the rose Last Line: In the kingdom of the rose. Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett Subject(s): Flowers; Love | ||||||||
ACROSS the kingdom of the rose Old Father Time a pilgrim goes, And fills his scrip and bends his knee At many a roadside priory Of daffodil and fleur-de-lis In the kingdom of the rose. Like a lighted shrine the orchard glows Down blosmy lanes; the lily shows In the hillside sweep of lance and spear That silver tournaments are near, And the poppy's gipsy camps appear In the kingdom of the rose. But out of some high country blows A chiming sweet as Roncevaux's To guide the pilgrim to his shrine, To tell me soon this heart of mine With Love's own flower shall intertwine In the kingdom of the rose. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A BALLAD OF OLD POPE JOHN by THOMAS WALSH |
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