Love
Sent with a Rose to a Young Lady
From An American Anthology (1900)
Love
Deep in a Rose's glowing heart
I dropped a single kiss,
And then I bade it quick depart,
And tell my Lady this:
"The love thy Lover tried to send
O'erflows my fragrant bowl,
But my soft leaves would break and bend,
Should he send half the whole!"
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MLA
Deland, Margaret. “Sent with a Rose to a Young Lady.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/deland/2/.
Chicago
Deland, Margaret. “Sent with a Rose to a Young Lady.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/deland/2/.
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