Poetry & Verse
A Dead Rose
By Elizabeth Barrett BrowningSource: Elizabeth Barrett Browning - PoetryDB (Public Domain)210 words
O Rose! who dares to name thee? No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet; But pale, and hard, and dry, as stubble-wheat,--- Kept seven...
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O Rose! who dares to name thee?
No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet;
But pale, and hard, and dry, as stubble-wheat,---
Kept seven years in a drawer---thy titles shame thee.
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