1370. To a Rose by Frank Dempster Sherman. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1370. To a Rose

By Frank Dempster Sherman


GO, Rose, and in her golden hair
You shall forget the garden soon;
The sunshine is a captive there
And crowns her with a constant noon.

And when your spicy odor goes,	5
And fades the beauty of your bloom,
Think what a lovely hand, O Rose,
Shall place your body in the tomb!