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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WITHERED HOPES, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: Last night my heart was as a fading rose
Last Line: But, like my heart, the soul o' the rose had fled.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Flowers; Hope; Love; Roses; Optimism
First Line: Last night my heart was as a fading rose
Last Line: But, like my heart, the soul o' the rose had fled.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Flowers; Hope; Love; Roses; Optimism
LAST night my heart was as a fading Rose,
Which in an Urn of Tears I did dispose.
Dawn stoop'd to raise the Rose's drooping head,
But, like my heart, the soul o' the Rose had fled.
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