Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FADING ROSE, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poet's Biography First Line: This was the rose that yesterday Last Line: A sob in her throat and her blue eyes wet. Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Flowers; Roses | ||||||||
THIS was the rose that yesterday Made my nook of the garden gay; Bonnie and blithe and debonair, Kissed of the sun and summer air, Sweet coquette in a ruffled dress, Glad of life and its loveliness. Would I had thought it greater sin Thus to pluck it and bring it in, Here where the dusk of the sunless room Blurred its beauty and killed its bloom, Till none would say this drooping thing Once was merriest child of Spring. Only a fading rose, and yet, Wakes in my heart a strange regret, Such as might come if one should see Columbine in her tragedy, Or a laughter-loving, little Pierrette, A sob in her throat and her blue eyes wet. | 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 A BOOK OF CELTIC VERSE (TO SEUMAS MACMANUS) by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON |
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