Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ROSE AND YEW, by JOHN GALSWORTHY


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ROSE AND YEW, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Love flew by! Young wedding day
Last Line: Whose love has cried: adieu!
Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John
Subject(s): Love; Transience; Impermanence


LOVE flew by! Young wedding day,
Peeping through her veil of dew,
Saw him, and her heart went fey --
His wings no shadows threw.

Love flew by! Young day was gone,
Owls were hooting -- Whoo-to-whoo!
Happy wedded lay alone,
Who'd vowed that love was true.

Love flies by, and drops a rose --
Drops a rose, a sprig of yew!
Happy these -- but ah! for those
Whose love has cried: Adieu!





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