Rose Poems

Rose Poems

The Last Monster, by George Sterling

In backward vision, from the primal dusk
I sa...

War, by George Sterling

The night was on the world, and in my sleep
I...

A Winter Dawn, by George Sterling

Untouched by crimson or by gold,
Its pure and...

Long Expected, by Gerald Massey

O many and many a day before we met,
I knew s...

To My Wife, by Gerald Massey

Like those Ambassadors of old, that went
To t...

Wedded Love, by Gerald Massey

The summer Night comes brooding down on Earth, ...

The Fog, by Guy Wetmore Carryl

MARBLEHEAD, 1901. The fog slunk down from Lab...

June, by Guy Wetmore Carryl

Lightsome, laughter-loving June,
Days that s...

Narcissus, by Guy Wetmore Carryl

Since the great, glad greeting of dawn from th...

The Passing of Pan, by Guy Wetmore Carryl

Laughter, velvet-lipped, runs ringing
All al...

Pompeii, by Guy Wetmore Carryl

POMPEII, 1900. The giant slept, and pigmies ...

Psyche, by Gérard D'Houville

NOISELESSLY through the silent mansion treading...

The Aurora Borealis, by Hannah Flagg Gould

The north! The north! From out the north
What ...

The Shadow, by Harriet Maxwell Converse

Imposing a silence on the waves of the sea,
I...

To the Night, by Harriet Maxwell Converse

The west is barred with hurrying clouds,
With...

Unfolded Hopes, by Harriet Maxwell Converse

Many a bud enfolds a hue that never sees the su...

The Stream of Time, by Harvey Rice

It rolls in grandeur lone--
The stream of Time...

Chrysilla, by Henri de Régnier

O GODDESS, when the sands at last are run,
L...

By Hudson's Tide, by Henry Abbey

What pleasant dreams, what memories, rise,
...

Eleusinia, by Henry Abbey

The sun-bronzed Arabs, living at the base
Of ...

Flos Morti, by Henry Abbey

Maiden, whom I so briefly knew
That unto me t...

The King and the Naiad, by Henry Abbey

When the wrongs of peace grow mighty,
They be...

On a Great Warrior, by Henry Abbey

In memory of Ulysses S. Grant When all the sky...

Trailing Arbutus, by Henry Abbey

In spring when branches of woodbine
Hung leafl...

The Last Day of Pompeii, by Henry O'Meara

August 24, A.D. 79. Widespread the centuries,...