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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LITTLE BLACK ROSE, by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE Poet's Biography First Line: The little black rose shall be red at last Last Line: In a wind o'er the plains of athenry. Subject(s): Flowers; Roses | |||
The Little Black Rose shall be red at last; What made it black but the March-wind dry, And the tear of the Widow that fell on it fast? It shall redden the hills when June is nigh. The Silk of the Kine shall rest at last;-- What drove her forth but the dragon-fly? In the Golden Vale she shall feed full fast, With her mild gold horn, and her slow dark eye. The wounded Wood-dove lies dead at last; The pine long bleeding it shall not die; Their song is secret. Mine ear it passed In a wind o'er the plains of Athenry. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHISPER OF THE ROSE by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG THE WISDOM OF THE ROSE by ELSA BARKER LOVE PLANTED A ROSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES ROSES; A VILANELLE by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE PAINTER ON SILK by AMY LOWELL VARIATIONS: 17 by CONRAD AIKEN WORDS IN A CERTAIN APPROPRIATE MODE by HAYDEN CARRUTH A BALLAD OF ATHLONE; OR, HOW THEY BROKE DOWN THE BRIDGE by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE A BALLAD OF SARSFIELD; OR, THE BURSTING OF THE GUNS by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE |
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