Poem by Christina Georgina Rossetti

Song (O roses for the flush of youth)

O roses for the flush of youth,
  And laurel for the perfect prime;
But pluck an ivy branch for me
  Grown old before my time.

O violets for the grave of youth,
  And bay for those dead in their prime;
Give me the withered leaves I chose
  Before in the old time.

1. Fata Morgana
2. The Lambs of Grasmere, 1860
3. An Apple Gathering
4. Maude Clare
5. Another Spring

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