A WHITE ROSE
by: John Boyle O'Reilly
(1844-1890)
 HE red rose
whispers of passion,
- And the white rose breathes of love;
- Oh, the red rose is a falcon,
- And the white rose is a dove.
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- But I send you a cream-white rose bud
- With a flush on its petal tips;
- For the love that is purest and sweetest
- Has a kiss of desire on the lips.
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"A White Rose" is reprinted
from The Little Book of American Poets: 1787-1900. Ed.
Jessie B. Rittenhouse. Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1915. |
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