Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SONG FOR ROSETIME, by SNOW LONGLEY HOUGH


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A SONG FOR ROSETIME, by                    
First Line: Rosetime, rosetime, rosetime in gardens
Last Line: Roses bloom eternally, death's hand is stayed.
Alternate Author Name(s): Snow Longley
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses; Spring


Rosetime, rosetime, rosetime in gardens,
Pink cascades of beauty flowing down the wall,
Red drops of heart's blood spilt among the grasses,
Fabled Gold of Ophir raining over all.

Rosetime, rosetime, rosetime by moonlight,
Still pools of whiteness where pale blooms mass;
Through the silvered hush faint stir of music,
Sound of spent petals falling to the grass.

Roses, roses, roses of poesie,
Sweetbriar and wild rose, musk and eglantine --
Mary's rose for memory, white and red blossoms
Fastened to the swordknots of England's battle line.

Roses, roses, roses for lovers,
Fresh buds of maidenhood scarce yet abloom,
Rosalind, Rosamund, short-loved Rosaline,
Scattering through the book of love a faint perfume.

Rosetime, rosetime, rosetime in memory!
Seasons change, airs chill, and quick flowers fade;
Only in the heart that dreams of the springtime
Roses bloom eternally, Death's hand is stayed.





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