I planted a rose tree in my garden, <br />In early days when the year was young; <br />I thought it would bear me roses, roses, <br />While nights were dewy and days were long. <br /> <br />It bore me once, and a white rose only-- <br />A lovely rose with petals of light; <br />Like the moon in heaven, supreme and lonely; <br />And the lightning struck it one summer night.<br /><br />Mathilde Blind<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-planted-a-rose-tree/
