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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WILD ROSES AND SNOW, by H. T. MACKENZIE BELL Poet's Biography First Line: How sweet the sight of roses Last Line: Whereby these roses blow. Alternate Author Name(s): Bell, Mackenzie Subject(s): Flowers; Roses | |||
How sweet the sight of roses In English lanes of June, Where every flower uncloses To meet the kiss of noon. How strange the sight of roses — Roses both sweet and wild — Seen where a valley closes 'Mid mountain heights up-piled. Upon whose sides remaining Is strewn the purest snow, By its chill power restraining The tide of spring's soft glow. Yet God, who gave the pureness To yon fair mountain snow, Gives also the secureness Whereby these roses blow. | 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 AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON by H. T. MACKENZIE BELL AT THE GRAVE OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI by H. T. MACKENZIE BELL |
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