Death & Dying
The Mystery
From An American Anthology, 1787–1900, ed. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
Death & Dying
You gave me roses, love, last night,
When the sea was blue and the skies were bright;
And the earth was aglow with a golden light
When you gave me roses, love, last night.
Lilies I lay by your side to-day,
And your face — it is colder and whiter than they;
And I linger and listen and wonder and pray,
As I bring you lilies to-day.
Cite this poem
MLA
Whiting, Lilian. “The Mystery.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whiting_l/0/.
Chicago
Whiting, Lilian. “The Mystery.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whiting_l/0/.