Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE THREE ROSES, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR


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First Line: When the buds began to burst
Last Line: Mute the tongue, and closed the eye.
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses


When the buds began to burst,
Long ago, with Rose the First
I was walking; joyous then
Far above all other men,
Till before us up there stood
Britonferry's oaken wood,
Whispering, "Happy as thou art,
Happiness and thou must part."
Many summers have gone by
Since a Second Rose and I
(Rose from that same stem) have told
This and other tales of old.
She upon her wedding-day
Carried home my tenderest lay;
From her lap I now have heard
Gleeful, chirping, Rose the Third.
Not for ber this hand of mine
Rhyme with nuptial wreath shall twine;
Cold and torpid it must lie,
Mute the tongue, and closed the eye.





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