Poems (Kimball)/Petition

by Harriet McEwen Kimball

III.

petition.

Only the roses will hear;     Dear, 0nly the roses will see!This once—just this!Ah, the roses I wis  They envy me!

Here is a half-blown spray     Say This shall Love's anadem be A rose-strung wreath For thy brow, and beneath  A rose for me!