Someone has thrown a rose away, And never asked her pardon, A rose that only yesterday Made glad some little garden -- Someone has plucked a rose, and then Has thrown the rose away again. Someone has thrown away a rose, Let drop with careless fingers, While yet with pink each petal glows And all her perfume lingers, While yet her perfect chalice holds The dew of morning in its folds. Someone has thrown a happiness Aside, and never known it, That kings might envy to possess, Or millionaires to own it -- Someone who had the glory of A baby's arms, a woman's love. If life a rose has given you, A rose of love and laughter, God grant that you will hold it to Your heart forever after -- God grant you never throw away The roses that you have today. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE RETURNED GIRLS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS NOCTURNE OF REMEMBERED SPRING by CONRAD AIKEN CONTRA MORTEM: THE THAW by HAYDEN CARRUTH SONG OF THE WAVE by ROBERT FROST STREET CRIES: 6. TO RICHARD WAGNER by SIDNEY LANIER |