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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 17. THE DIFFICULT ADVENTURE, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography First Line: While wanton love in gathering roses strays Last Line: Of bloody prickles where no rose appears. Subject(s): Flowers; Love; Roses; Thorns | |||
WHILE wanton Love in gathering Roses strays, Blood from his hands, and from his eyes drop tears. Let him poor Lovers pity who tread ways Of bloody prickles where no Rose appears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FLOWER AND THORN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH IN A SPRING GROVE by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM THE CROWN OF THORNS by ADA CAMBRIDGE COMPENSATION by JOSEPH SEAMON COTTER JR. BELOVED THORN by CHESTER ANDERS FEE THORNS OR ROSES by IRENE L. HANSING LILY AND ROSE by JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON HERDER THE CROWN OF THORNS by JESSE WILLIS JEFFERIS THE DRYNAN DHUN (BLACKTHORN) by ROBERT DWYER JOYCE ON A FAIR BEGGAR by PHILIP AYRES |
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