Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROSE, by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY Poet's Biography First Line: O love's star over eden, / how pale and faint thou art! Last Line: It is hers, my rose, my heart! Subject(s): Evening Star; Flowers; Love; Roses | ||||||||
O LOVE'S star over Eden, How pale and faint thou art! Now lost, now seen above, Thy white rays point and dart. O, liquid o'er her move, Shine out and take my part! I have sent her the rose of love, And shut in the rose is my heart. The fireflies glitter and rush In the dark of the summer mead; Pale on the hawthorn bush, Bright on the larkspur seed; And long is heaven aflush To give my rose god-speed; If she breathe a kiss, it will blush; If she bruise a leaf, it will bleed. O bright star over Eden, All beautiful thou art; Today, in the rose, the rose, For my love I have perilled my heart; Now, ere the dying glows From the placid isles depart, The rose-bathed planet knows It is hers, my rose, my heart! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHISPER OF THE ROSE by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG THE WISDOM OF THE ROSE by ELSA BARKER LOVE PLANTED A ROSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES ROSES; A VILANELLE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE PAINTER ON SILK by AMY LOWELL VARIATIONS: 17 by CONRAD AIKEN WORDS IN A CERTAIN APPROPRIATE MODE by HAYDEN CARRUTH AT GIBRALTAR by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY |
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