ROSE of the Desert! thou , whose blushing ray, Lonely and lovely, fleets unseen away; No hand to cull thee, none to woo thy sigh, In vestal silence left to live and die, - Rose of the Desert! thus should woman be, Shining uncourted, lone and safe , like thee. -- Rose of the Garden, how unlike thy doom! Destined for others, not thyself, to bloom: Culled ere thy beauty lives thro' half its day; A moment cherished, and then cast away; Rose of the Garden! such is woman's lot, Worshipt, while blooming -when she fades, forgot. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BALLAD OF THE DARK LADIE; A FRAGMENT by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE PAINS OF SLEEP by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE SHADOWS by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR REUBEN JAMES by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 26. MID-RAPTURE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE FROGS: THE RIVAL POETS by ARISTOPHANES |