ROSE of the Desert! thou , whose blushing ray, Lonely and lovely, fleets unseen away; No hand to cull thee, none to woo thy sigh, In vestal silence left to live and die, - Rose of the Desert! thus should woman be, Shining uncourted, lone and safe , like thee. -- Rose of the Garden, how unlike thy doom! Destined for others, not thyself, to bloom: Culled ere thy beauty lives thro' half its day; A moment cherished, and then cast away; Rose of the Garden! such is woman's lot, Worshipt, while blooming -when she fades, forgot. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CALIFORNIA CITY LANDSCAPE by CARL SANDBURG SONNET: WRITTEN ON THE DAY THAT MR. LEIGH HUNT LEFT PRISON by JOHN KEATS THE LITTLE HILL by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 83 by PHILIP SIDNEY TO THE LADY IN THE CHIMSETTE WITH BLACK BUTTONS by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS MOON AND VENUS by ABUL MUGHIRA |