Thou keep'st thy rose-leaf Till the rose-time will be over, Think'st thou that Death will kiss thee? Think'st thou that the Dark House Will find thee such a lover As I? Will the new roses miss thee? Prefer my cloak unto the cloak of dust 'Neath which the last year lies, For thou shouldst more mistrust Time than my eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET TO THOSE WHO SEE BUT DARKLY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CORN-LAW HYMN by EBENEZER ELLIOTT ABOU BEN ADHEM by JAMES HENRY LEIGH HUNT FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE by EDWIN ARNOLD TO MARIE by JOHN BENNETT (1865-1956) TO THE MOONFLOWER by CRAVEN LANGSTROTH BETTS PSALM 10. UT QUID DOMINE by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |