| Poems by Women |
"A ROSE WILL FADE"
You were always a dreamer, Rose - red Rose,
As you swung on your perfumed
spray,
Swinging, and all the world was true,
Swaying, what did it trouble
you?
A rose will fade in a day.
Why did you smile to his face, red Rose,
As he whistled across your
way?
And all the world went mad for you,
All the world it knelt to
woo.
A rose will bloom in a day.
I gather your petals, Rose - red Rose,
The petals he threw away.
And
all the world derided you;
Ah! the world, how well it knew
A rose will
fade in a day!
Dora Sigerson Shorter [1862-1918]
From: Stevenson, Burton Egbert.
The Home Book of Verse.
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