Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TWO ROSES, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poet's Biography First Line: These roses take, which rival hues invest Last Line: The red-rose there love's victory bespeaking? Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E. Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Love; Roses; Dead, The | ||||||||
THESE roses take, which rival hues invest, They tell how York and Lancaster of yore Their chosen badge to many a conflict bore, When England wept her bravest and her best. That strife is past, in peace those warriors rest; Waste not thy grief their struggles to deplore, Thy pity keep for that which needs it more The strife now raging in my troubled breast. On thy fair forehead is the white rose shown, Thy lips the fragrance of its leaves impart, Its purity an emblem of thine own; When will that cheek unfold what I am seeking, The blush that tells me of thy yielding heart, The red-rose there love's victory bespeaking? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND PAST AND PRESENT by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON |
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