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William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922.

To Hilda of Her Roses

ENOUGH has been said about roses

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 …

It is a pity your roses

Are too late for Omar …

It is a pity Keats has gone …

Yet there must be something left to say

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 Herrick would tiptoe back …

If Blake were to look this way …

Ledwidge, even!