Time of Roses
1798-1845
IT was not in the Winter
Our loving lot was cast;
It was the time of roses--
We pluck'd them as we pass'd!
That churlish season never frown'd
On early lovers yet:
O no--the world was newly crown'd
With flowers when first we met!
'Twas twilight, and I bade you go,
But still you held me fast;
It was the time of roses--
We pluck'd them as we pass'd!
DayPoems Poem No. 603
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/603.html">Time of Roses by Thomas Hood</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
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