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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN ROSELEAVES FALL, by ARTHUR W. UPSON Poet's Biography
First Line: When roseleaves fall in evenings cold
Last Line: When roseleaves fall.
Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Roses; Stoicism; Summer
First Line: When roseleaves fall in evenings cold
Last Line: When roseleaves fall.
Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Roses; Stoicism; Summer
WHEN roseleaves fall in evenings cold
To mingle with their mother mold,
Look to it lest thy heart be set
To seek strange blossoms and forget
Thy roses and their sway of old.
Run not to lesser blooms! nor fold
Unto thy heart the creed those hold
Who stand like Stoics by and let
Their roseleaves fall!
But gather them as precious gold;
Rich-spiced, high-placed and orient-bowled,
They shall be Summer to thee yet.
What though they fade and thou regret,
Thou canst make theirs a boon untold
When roseleaves fall.
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