A
poem by Robert Browning dedicated to women and roses -
The
dream of a red-rose tree.
And
which of its roses three
Is
the dearest rose to me?
Round
and round, like a dance of snow
In a
dazzling drift, as its guardians, go
Floating
the women faded for ages,
Scultured
in stone, on the poet’s pages.
Then
follow women fresh and gay,
Living
and loving and loved to-day.
Last,
in the rear, flee the multitude of maidens,
Beauties
yet unborn. And all, to one cadence,
They
circle their rose on my rose tree.
Dear
rose, thy term is reached,
Thy
leaf hangs loose and bleached:
Bees
pass it unimpeached.
Stay
then, stoop, since I cannot climb,
You,
great shapes of the antique time!
How
shall I fix you, fire you, freeze you,
Break
my heart at your feet to please you?
Oh,
to possess and be possessed!
Hearts
that beat ‘neath each pallid breast!
Once
but of love, the poesy, the passion,
Drink
but once and die! – In vain, the same fashion,
They
circle their rose on my rose tree.
Robert
Browning
1812-1889
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