Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A ROSE WILL FADE, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER


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A ROSE WILL FADE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You were always a dreamer, rose - red rose
Last Line: A rose will fade in a day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses; Time


YOU were always a dreamer, Rose, red Rose,
As you swung on your perfumed spray,
Swinging, and all the world was true,
Swaying, what did it trouble you?
A rose will fade in a day.

Why did you smile to his face, red Rose,
As he whistled across your way?
And all the world went mad for you,
All the world it knelt to woo.
A rose will bloom in a day.

I gather your petals, Rose, red Rose,
The petals he threw away.
And all the world derided you;
Ah! the world, how well it knew
A rose will fade in a day.





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