Roses blushing red and white, <br />For delight; <br />Honeysuckle wreaths above, <br />For love; <br />Dim sweet-scented heliotrope, <br />For hope; <br />Shining lilies tall and straight, <br />For royal state; <br />Dusky pansies, let them be <br />For memory; <br />With violets of fragrant breath, <br />For death.<br /><br />Christina Georgina Rossetti<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/roses-blushing-red-and-white/
