Dora Sigerson Shorter (Дора Сигерсон Шортер)

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!

1. When You Are on the Sea
2. An Irish Blackbird
3. The Song of the Happy Man
4. The Enemies
5. A Meadow Tragedy

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