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TWO RED ROSES by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: I WISH THEY COULD LIVE FOREVER
Last Line: THESE ROSES MY DARLING BROUGHT.
Subject(s): FLOWERS; ROSES;
I WISH they could live forever, --
These roses my darling brought!
Their breath from her lips they caught,
And still with her touch they quiver.

As bright as their bright sweet giver,
With a charm like her own charm fraught,
I wish they could live forever, --
These roses my darling brought!

But loving from loved must sever,
And hoping must come to nought --
I know what the years have taught;
Yet I wish they could live forever, --
These roses my darling brought.




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