Poems (Kennedy)/Roses

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4590585Poems — RosesSara Beaumont Kennedy

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!