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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MADRIGAL, by ROBERT LUCAS DE PEARSALL
First Line: Why do the roses whisper to the wind, and toss their heads so high?
Last Line: Surpassing any rose.
Subject(s): Criticism & Critics; Envy; Flowers; Roses
First Line: Why do the roses whisper to the wind, and toss their heads so high?
Last Line: Surpassing any rose.
Subject(s): Criticism & Critics; Envy; Flowers; Roses
WHY do the roses whisper to the wind, and toss their heads so high?
O gentle zephyr, tell me what they said as you passed by.
Say, do they look with envy at the bloom
On Flora's cheek that glows
O well they know it mantles there,
Surpassing any rose.
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