Love
Song (Oh roses for the flush of youth)
From Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862)
Love
Oh roses for the flush of youth,
And laurel for the perfect prime;
But pluck an ivy branch for me
Grown old before my time.
Oh 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.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Song (Oh roses for the flush of youth).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/231/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Song (Oh roses for the flush of youth).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/231/.
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