A love in verse

My Rose

1991-09-12
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The garden where you’ve been,

(My young, my evergreen)

Sparkles with the flowers you’ve grown,

(My flower-girl, my own)


The colours shine and glint and gleam

(My petal-skin, my perfumed dream)

But none so beautiful as you

(My dear, my covered-in-dew)

(My Rose, my rose, my you)


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Seduce the palate and outrage restraint

But grub is not the sum of all my goods...

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How much my love for you has cost me dear

For love I have surrendered loneliness

The choice of life bereft of cheer...