Enough has been said about roses To fill thirty thick volumes: There are as many songs about roses As there are roses in the world That includes Mexico. . . . the Azores. . . . Oregon. . . . It is a pity your roses Are too late for Omar. . . . . . It is a pity Keats has gone. . . . . Yet there must be something left to say Of flowers like these! Adventurers, They pushed their way Through dewy tunnels of the June night. . . . . . Now they confer. . . . . . A little tremulous. . . . . . Dazzled by the yellow sea-beach of morning. . . . . . If Herrick would tiptoe back. . . . . . If Blake were to look this way. . . . . . Ledwidge, even! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE YOUTH OF NATURE: WORDSWORTH'S COUNTRY by MATTHEW ARNOLD THE CALL TO THE COLORS by ARTHUR GUITERMAN THE ANGELUS; HEARD AT THE MISSION DOLORES IN SAN FRANCISCO, 1868 by FRANCIS BRET HARTE THOSE EVENING BELLS by THOMAS MOORE EPISTLE TO MRS. BLOUNT, WITH THE WORKS OF VOITURE by ALEXANDER POPE THE MOUNT OF OLIVES, SELECTION by ANEIRIN LILIES: 9. BENEATH LOFTIER STARS by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |