Love
When I admire the rose
From The Life and Death of William Longbeard (1593)
Love
When I admire the rose
That nature makes repose
In you the best of many
More faire and blest than any
And see how curious art
Hath decked euery part
I thinke with doubtfull vieu
Whether you be the rose, or the rose is you.
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MLA
Lodge, Thomas. “When I admire the rose.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lodge/58/.
Chicago
Lodge, Thomas. “When I admire the rose.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lodge/58/.
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