The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/She Gave Me a Rose
SHE GAVE ME A ROSE
She gave a rose,
And I kissed it and pressed it.
I love her, she knows,
And my action confessed it.
She gave me a rose,
And I kissed it and pressed it.
Ah, how my heart glows,
Could I ever have guessed it?
It is fair to suppose
That I might have repressed it:
She gave me a rose,
And I kissed it and pressed it.
'T was a rhyme in life's prose
That uplifted and blest it.
Man's nature, who knows
Until love comes to test it?
She gave me a rose,
And I kissed it and pressed it.
This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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