The shattered rose has fallen to the floor In shelly loveliness. The carpet's green Forms a new turf, and in that lower scene Each petal blossoms as a flower once more. How light it lies as having wings to soar, A curve of pink! And how its gentle mien, The soft, rich fulness of its tender sheen, Surpass the clustered rose we knew before! Oh, not in labor's summer-bloom of pride Does life its crowning loveliness disclose. Sweeter the lights in autumn days that hide, And tender age a morning beauty shows. Scatter life's broken petals far and wide: Each is a newer and a lovelier rose. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMOIR OF A PROUD BOY by CARL SANDBURG PSALM 8. MAN'S PLACE IN CREATION by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE CHARLESTON by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE THE SOUND OF THE SEA; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW WHEN I HEARD AT THE CLOSE OF THE DAY by WALT WHITMAN SATIRE: 6 by AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS THE WITHERED ROSE by PHILIP AYRES |