Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DISCARDED ROSE, by DOUGLAS MALLOCH


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First Line: Someone has thrown a rose away
Last Line: The roses that you have today.
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses


Someone has thrown a rose away,
And never asked her pardon,
A rose that only yesterday
Made glad some little garden --
Someone has plucked a rose, and then
Has thrown the rose away again.

Someone has thrown away a rose,
Let drop with careless fingers,
While yet with pink each petal glows
And all her perfume lingers,
While yet her perfect chalice holds
The dew of morning in its folds.

Someone has thrown a happiness
Aside, and never known it,
That kings might envy to possess,
Or millionaires to own it --
Someone who had the glory of
A baby's arms, a woman's love.

If life a rose has given you,
A rose of love and laughter,
God grant that you will hold it to
Your heart forever after --
God grant you never throw away
The roses that you have today.





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