To A Rose

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Title:     To A Rose
Author: Richard Le Gallienne [More Titles by Le Gallienne]

O rose! forbear to flaunt yourself,
All bloom and dew--
I once, sad-hearted as I am,
Was young as you.

But, one by one, the petals fell
Earthward to rot;
Only a berry testifies
A rose forgot.

[The end]
Richard Le Gallienne's poem: To A Rose

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