Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FADING ROSE, by THOMAS HARDY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I saw a rose, in bloom, but sad Last Line: "tis there I have laid her and trod her in.'" Subject(s): Flowers; Roses; Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy | ||||||||
I SAW a rose, in bloom, but sad, Shedding the petals that still it had, And I heard it say: "O where is she Who used to come and muse on me? "The pruner says she comes no more Because she loves another flower, The weeder says she's tired of me Because I droop so suddenly. "Because of a sweetheart she comes not, Declares the man with the watering-pot; 'She does not come,' says he with the rake, 'Because all women are fickle in make.' "He with the spade and humorous leer Says: 'Know, I delve elsewhere than here, Mid text-writ stones and grassy heaps, Round which a curious silence creeps. "'She must get to you underground If any way at all be found, For, clad in her beauty, marble's kin, 'Tis there I have laid her and trod her in.'" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A RITUAL AS OLD AS TIME ITSELF by PETER JOHNSON THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. PURKAPILE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: TOM MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS IF THERE'S A GOD... by GREGORY ORR AND THERE WAS A GREAT CALM' by THOMAS HARDY |
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