Come, Buy

Some things which are not yet enrolled
In market lists are bought and sold.
Rossetti's Jenny
"Who will buy my roses,
Roses red and white,
Sweetest of all posies
For a man's delight?
"Who will buy my gold grass,
Feathery, sweet, and tall, —

Buy, ere the summer pass.
Sweetest thing of all?

"Who will buy my violets,
Fresh from warm, wet earth?

He who stops to buy them gets
All his money's worth."

"I will buy your roses,
Roses red and white,

Sweetest of all posies
For a man's delight.

"I will buy your gold grass,
Feathery, sweet, and tall, —

Buy, ere the summer pass.
Sweetest thing of all.
"I will buy your violets.
Fresh from warm, wet earth,
Since he who buys them gets
All his money's worth.

"Violets, grass, and roses.
You are mine to-day, —

When you 're faded posies,
Then I throw away."