Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.
By Robert CameronRogers1487 The Shadow Rose
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An ever-swaying shadow throws;
But if I pluck it strolling by,
I pluck the shadow with the rose.
To shadow it,—but was it fair
In him, who plucked and bore you off,
To leave your shadow lingering there?