Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON SOME ROSES SENT ANONYMOUSLY, by ANONYMOUS First Line: "who sent you to me, roses rare?" Last Line: "a traitor in the camp, you see. / who told?- my heart" Subject(s): Courtship | ||||||||
WHO sent you to me, roses rare? And why, pray, blush? Say, is she not a maiden fair? I will not hush. You thought to keep her name from me, -- Nay, do not start; A traitor in the camp, you see. Who told? -- My heart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AS YOU WALK OUT ONE MORNING by GLYN MAXWELL TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON by GLYN MAXWELL THE RIVALS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MARJORIE'S WOOING by EMMA LAZARUS THE FORTUNATE SPILL by MARILYN NELSON REQUEST TO LEDA by DYLAN THOMAS TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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