Rosemary for remembrance, - <br />O gentle memories <br />Of hours whose fragrance is like flowers <br />In olden pleasaunces! <br />When all the birds go South again <br />And all the laughter's o'er, <br />Rosemary for remembrance <br />Of days that are no more! <br /> <br />Rosemary for remembrance <br />Of summer posies done, - <br />And scarlet for midsummer joy <br />And gold for noonday sun. <br />God grant us in autumnal days, <br />When brighter flowers have died, <br />Rosemary for remembrance <br />And dreams for eventide!<br /><br />Cicely Fox Smith<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/rosemary-12/