ENOUGH has been said about roses <br />To fill thirty thick volumes; <br />There are as many songs about roses <br />As there are roses in the world <br />That includes Mexico . . . the Azores… Oregon… <br /> <br />It is a pity your roses <br />Are too late for Omar . . . <br />It is a pity Keats has gone . . . <br /> <br />Yet there must be something left to say <br />Of flowers like these! <br />Adventurers, <br />They pushed their way <br />Through dewy tunnels of the June night <br />Now they confer….. <br />A little tremulous….. <br />Dazzled by the yellow sea-beach of morning <br /> <br />If Herrick would tiptoe back . . . <br />If Blake were to look this way <br />Ledwidge, even!<br /><br />Grace Hazard Conkling<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-hilda-of-her-roses/
