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First Line: O royal rose! The roman dress'd
Last Line: O royal rose!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses


(TO A. P.)

O ROYAL Rose! the Roman dress'd
His feast with thee; thy petals press'd
Augustan brows; thine odour fine,
Mix'd with the three-times-mingled wine,
Lent the long Thracian draught its zest.

What marvel then, if host and guest,
By Song, by Joy, by Thee caress'd,
Half-trembled on the half-divine,
O royal Rose!

And yet -- and yet -- I love thee best
In our old gardens of the West,
Whether about my thatch thou twine,
Or Hers, that brown-eyed maid of mine,
Who lulls thee on her lawny breast,
O royal Rose!





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