Rose Petals, rose petals, everywhere lying, Speak to my heart of a love that is dying, Withered and sere, Faded yet dear, Queer, How a tiny plant knows; Strange, the heart of a rose Can be stricken with death. Canker, unbidden, eats its slow way And a beautiful love falls into decay With the wind's slightest breath. Rose petals, rose petals, crumpled and old, Only the embers of love do you hold; A fancy, a fear, A memory dear, A tear. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BIRD OF PARADISE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THREE GRAINS OF CORN; THE IRISH FAMINE by AMELIA BLANDFORD EDWARDS THE NEW TIMON AND THE POETS by ALFRED TENNYSON THE TRANCE by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE THE PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION; A POEM. ENLARGED VERSION: BOOK 4 by MARK AKENSIDE THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): MEDEA'S HESITATION by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE WEDDING DAY; OR, THE BUCCANEER'S CURSE; A FAMILY LEGEND by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM |