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THE ONE WHITE ROSE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

Poet Analysis

First Line: A SORROWFUL WOMAN SAID TO ME
Last Line: AND THE ONE WHITE ROSE ON THE BREAST!
Subject(s): FLOWERS; ROSES;

A SORROWFUL woman said to me,
"Come in and look on our child."
I saw an Angel at shut of day,
And it never spoke -- but smiled.

I think of it in the city's streets,
I dream of it when I rest --
The violet eyes, the waxen hands,
And the one white rose on the breast!



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