You were always a dreamer, Rose - red Rose, <br />As you swung on your perfumed spray, <br />Swinging, and all the world was true, <br />Swaying, what did it trouble you? <br />A rose will fade in a day. <br /> <br />Why did you smile to his face, red Rose, <br />As he whistled across your way? <br />And all the world went mad for you, <br />All the world it knelt to woo. <br />A rose will bloom in a day. <br /> <br />I gather your petals, Rose - red Rose, <br />The petals he threw away. <br />And all the world derided you; <br />Ah! the world, how well it knew <br />A rose will fade in a day!<br /><br />Dora Sigerson Shorter<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-rose-will-fade/
