The Rose. Rondel C. H. W. (poet; Once a Week) C. H. W. Charles H. Williams Williams, Charles H. Illustrator Unsigned Metadata research and editing DVPP Project Team Fralick Kaitlyn University of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project Victoria, BC, Canada

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 Poet attribution: possibly by Charles H. Williams, whose pseudonym for periodical poetry in Once a Week in the 1860s was C. H. W. (AC) #poetAttribution Once a Week 5 1 3 36 Were I a rose upon thy breast ! font-size: 160%; letter-spacing: 0.05em; word-spacing: 0.2em; font-family: gothic; margin-bottom: 0.2em; font-size: 80%; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.4em; margin-left: 1em; margin-left: 4em; margin-left: 1em; margin-left: 2em; text-align: right; margin-right: 10rem; word-spacing: 0.15em; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 2.6em; display: block; float: left; margin: -0.2rem 0 -1.2rem -2.5rem; padding: 0 0.25rem 0 0; line-height: 1; display: none; display: inline; display: block; width: 50%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; font-size: 1rem; width: 44em; width: 4em; Auto-tagged instances of cross-stanza rhyme based on existing labels. Column work and verified poem. Removed catRef and figure for decorative border, per AC, since this is not germane to the poem itself. Set status to 'verified'. Created pom_13757_incid_poem rendition to reset font-sizes. Added useful rendition elements in anticipation of CSS reworking. Added missing MultiPart catRef @target value. Resolved initial-letter CSS into explicit rendition + hi elements using XSLT. Updated repeating figDescs in Once a Week 1880 to remove mention of “typographic”—no longer part of updated DVPP illustration protocols. Re-organized change elements in descending date order. Changed decorative border catRef to typographical. Added typographical initial catRef. Set status to 'proofed'. Altered font size, spacing, and poem width. Moved long strings of CSS to the tagsDecl.
The Rose. Rondel.
Decorative initial letter “W” from the word “Were”. The letter is contained within a square and is superimposed over a vegetal pattern.
Were I a rose upon thy breast ! I’d be content to love and die ! Once sheltered in that peaceful nest I never more could wish to fly ! No other dwelling-place I’d try ; There, only there, would be my rest ; Were I a rose upon thy breast I’d be content to love and die ! My fading petals, by and bye, Would fall, but to be doubly blest If thou would’st let their sweetness lie Close to thy loving bosom prest ! Were I a rose upon thy breast I’d be content to love and die ! C. H. W.