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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS OF ROSES: 1. ROSE FANTASIA, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE Poet's Biography
First Line: Rose, that flushing hues didst borrow
Last Line: Once again.
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses
First Line: Rose, that flushing hues didst borrow
Last Line: Once again.
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses
ROSE, that flushing hues didst borrow
From my lute,
Pink for joy and pale for sorrow, --
Now 'tis mute,
Droop thine amber lids, and sleep
In a tide of perfume deep,
Till the sap of music creep
To thy root.
Dream; then die the death of roses
With no pain,
Till the yellowing wreck uncloses
In the rain,
And the ghost of music springs
On its dim gray moth-like wings
To my lute's neglected strings
Once again.
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