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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROSE, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The rose had been washed, just washed in a shower Last Line: "may be followed perhaps by a smile." Subject(s): Flowers; Roses | |||
THE rose had been washed, just washed in a shower, Which Mary to Anna conveyed, The plentiful moisture encumbered the flower, And weighed down its beautiful head. The cup was all filled, and the leaves were all wet, And it seemed, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drowned; And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas! I snapped it--it fell to the ground. "And such," I exclaimed, "is the pitiless part Some act by the delicate mind, Regardless of wringing and breaking a heart Already to sorrow resigned! "This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloomed with its owner awhile; And the tear that is wiped with a little address May be followed perhaps by a smile." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHISPER OF THE ROSE by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG THE WISDOM OF THE ROSE by ELSA BARKER LOVE PLANTED A ROSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES ROSES; A VILANELLE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE PAINTER ON SILK by AMY LOWELL VARIATIONS: 17 by CONRAD AIKEN WORDS IN A CERTAIN APPROPRIATE MODE by HAYDEN CARRUTH A COMPARISON by WILLIAM COWPER |
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