William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922.
To Hilda of Her Roses
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To fill thirty thick volumes;
There are as many songs about roses
As there are roses in the world
That includes Mexico … the Azores … Oregon …
Are too late for Omar …
It is a pity Keats has gone …
Of flowers like these!
Adventurers,
They pushed their way
Through dewy tunnels of the June night …
Now they confer …
A little tremulous …
Dazzled by the yellow sea-beach of morning …
If Blake were to look this way …
Ledwidge, even!