Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ROSY WREATH, by RUFINUS


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THE ROSY WREATH, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Rhodocleia, flowers of spring
Last Line: Thou thyself must fade some day.
Subject(s): Flowers; Transience; Impermanence


RHODOCLEIA, flowers of spring
I have woven in a ring;
Take this wreath, my offering.
Here's the lily, here the rose
Her full chalice shall disclose;
Frail narcissus; wet with dew,
Wind-flower, and the violet blue.
Wear the garland I have made;
Crowned with it, put pride away;
This wreath that blooms to-day must fade;
Thou thyself must fade some day.





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