Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ONE WHITE ROSE, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography 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! | 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 AFTER THE RAIN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ALPINE PICTURE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH AN ODE ON THE UNVEILING OF THE SHAW MEMORIA BOSTON COMMON, MAY 31, 1897 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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