Poem by Henry Timrod

To Rosa——

       Acrostic

I took a Rosebud from a certain bower,
And by its side placed an Orange flower,
Then with the Speedwell, blended the perfume
And the sweet beauty of an Apple-bloom,
And thus, 't is one of the loveliest feats,
Is spelled a gentle lady's name in sweets.

1. Lines (I Stooped from Star-Bright Regions)
2. Sonnets. 14. Are These Wild Thoughts, Thus Fettered in My Rhymes
3. A Year's Courtship
4. An Exotic
5. Hymn Sung at the Consecration of Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.

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