IF by any device or knowledge The rosebud its beauty could know, It would stay a rosebud for ever, Nor into its fulness grow. And if thou could'st know thy own sweetness O little one, perfect and sweet! Thou would'st be child for ever; Completer whilst incomplete. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REMEMBRANCE by JOHN HENRY BONER LUCY (1) by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE SNAIL by ANTOINE VINCENT ARNAULT |