Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROSE, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poet's Biography First Line: Once a boy beheld a bright Last Line: Rose once redly glowing. Subject(s): Flowers; Roses | ||||||||
ONCE a boy beheld a bright Rose in dingle growing; Far, far off it pleased his sight; Near he viewed it with delight: Soft it seemed and glowing. Lo! the rose, the rose so bright, Rose so brightly blowing! Spake the boy, "I'll pluck thee, grand Rose all wildly blowing." Spake the rose, "I'll wound thy hand, Thus the scheme thy wit hath planned Deftly overthrowing." O! the rose, the rose so grand, Rose so grandly glowing. But the stripling plucked the red Rose in glory growing, And the thorn his flesh hath bled, And the rose's pride is fled, And her beauty's going. Woe! the rose, the rose once red Rose once redly glowing. | 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 SONG FROM THE COPTIC by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE FAUST: SCENE 1. PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE |
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