Poems (Kennedy)/Roses
For works with similar titles, see Roses.
ROSES
(VALENTINE SONG)
IT was just a rose I sent her, Just a half-blown rose,And the message that it carried Everybody knows.
Each petal bore a greeting For my lady fair,And, oh, the whole wide world might read What was written there.
For roses are Love's servitors— Roses red as wine."I love you, love you, love you, sweet," Is their mystic sign.
It was just a rose I sent her, Just a fragrant rose,But that it carried all my heart Everybody knows!