Nature
Dooryard Roses
From Rivers to the Sea
Nature
I have come the selfsame path
To the selfsame door,
Years have left the roses there
Burning as before.
While I watch them in the wind
Quick the hot tears start--
Strange so frail a flame outlasts
Fire in the heart.
Cite this poem
MLA
Teasdale, Sara. “Dooryard Roses.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/45/.
Chicago
Teasdale, Sara. “Dooryard Roses.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/45/.
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