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ROSAMOND'S ROSE by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: ROSAMOND GAVE ME A ROSE
Last Line: ROSE-RED AND ALIVE IN THE SUN.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; ROSES;
ROSAMOND gave me a rose,
Rose-red and alive in the sun:
Ah, what was its secret? Who knows? --
Her garden held only that one.

Now alive in my heart it glows;
By its magic my peace is undone --
There are spells that the wise should shun --
Rosamond gave me a rose.

But where is my old repose?
She calls -- to her feet I run:
Oh, who shall the secret disclose?
Or how was my bondage begun? --
Rosamond gave me a rose,
Rose-red and alive in the sun.





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