Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ROSES (1), by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON


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First Line: Roses that briefly live
Last Line: Knows was a rose.
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses


ROSES that briefly live,
Joy is your dower;
Blest be the Fates that give
One perfect hour.
And, though too soon you die,
In your dust glows
Something the passer-by
Knows was a Rose.





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