Red Rose
Leila
Macdonald
Macdonald, Leila
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University of Victoria Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry
Victoria, BC, Canada
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The Yellow Book
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Why do your leaves uncurl invisibly ?
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Red Rose
By Leila Macdonald
Why do your leaves uncurl invisibly ?
Is it mere pride ?
When I behold your petals,
They lie immovably against your breast ;
Or opened wide,
Your shield thrown wide.
But none may watch the unveiling of your pride.
Why do you die so soon, so certainly ?
Death is disgrace ;
You should stay dying half your life ;
Your drooping face
Gives you when dying your divinest face.
But death’s pale colours are your sole disgrace