Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ONE WHITE ROSE, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH



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First Line: A sorrowful woman said to me
Last Line: And the one white rose on the breast!
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses


A SORROWFUL woman said to me,
"Come in and look on our child."
I saw an Angel at shut of day,
And it never spoke -- but smiled.

I think of it in the city's streets,
I dream of it when I rest --
The violet eyes, the waxen hands,
And the one white rose on the breast!





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