Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE JEALOUS ROSE, by ANONYMOUS


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THE JEALOUS ROSE, by                    
First Line: "ravish thy beauty, o wind, o breeze"
Last Line: "where the storms abide, / scatter my petals wide"
Subject(s): Betrayal;flowers


I.

RAVISH my beauty, O wind, O breeze,
Scatter my petals wide
Over the prairies and over the seas, --
Over the seas,
Where the great ships ride;
Over the seas,
Where the storms abide,
Scatter my petals wide.

II.

For he kissed my lips when the east was red, --
I awoke with a blush and start;
But he kissed me again, breathing, "My love," --
Breathing, "My love,
Do I know thy heart?"
Breathing, "My love,
We will never part,
Never, -- never part."

III.

But a woman fair, O wind, O breeze,
With eyes of a morn in May,
Came out of a land that is over the seas, --
Over the seas,
Where the sky is gray;
Over the seas,
Where the winters stay,
And stole his love away.

IV.

And my heart is broken, O wind, O breeze,
My petals are shrivelled and pale;
And ye bring no balm to give me ease, --
To give me ease,
As my life-springs fail;
To give me ease,
As my branches trail,
And my petals are shrivelled and pale.

V.

Ravish my beauty, O wind, O breeze,
Scatter my petals wide
Over the prairies and over the seas, --
Over the seas,
Where the great ships ride;
Over the seas,
Where the storms abide,
Scatter my petals wide.





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