At morn the rosebud greets the sun <br />And sheds the evening dew, <br />Expanding ere the day is done, <br />In bloom of radiant hue <br />And when the sun his rest hath found, <br />Rose-Petals strew the garden round! <br /> <br />Thus that blest Isle that owns the Rose <br />From mist and darkness came, <br />A million glories to disclose, <br />And spread BRITANNIA'S name; <br />And ere Life's Sun shall leave the blue, <br />ENGLAND shall reign the whole world through!<br /><br />Howard Phillips Lovecraft<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-rose-of-england-2/
