Where the youthful rivals meet -- Reddest Rose and whitest Snow -- From a trysting-place so sweet Which will soonest go? "Hence with life alone I stray," Blushed the flower of balmy breath. "Mine," the snow-wreath sighed, "to stay Steadfast e'en in death." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRAYER AT SUNRISE by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON TO A DARK GIRL by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT SONNET: 66 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 80, 81. GHAFOOR, MUNTAKIM by EDWIN ARNOLD THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. ROSES ALL THE WAY by T. BAKER |