With A Rose

Dora Sigerson Shorter 1866 (Dublin) – 1918



In the heart of a rose
Lies the heart of a maid;
If you be not afraid
You will wear it.    Who knows?
  
In the pink of its bloom,
Lay your lips to her cheek;
Since a rose cannot speak,
And you gain the perfume.
  
If the dews on the leaf
Are the tears from her eyes;
If she withers and dies,
Why, you have the belief,
  
That a rose cannot speak,
Though the heart of a maid
In its bosom must fade,
And with fading must break.
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

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Stanzas 4
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Dora Sigerson Shorter

Dora Sigerson 18661918 was an Irish poet who after her marriage in 1895 wrote under the name Dora Sigerson Shorter She was born in Dublin Ireland the daughter of George Sigerson a surgeon and writer and Hester ne Varian also a writer She was a major figure of the Irish Literary Revival publishing many collections of poetry from 1893 Her friends included Katharine Tynan a noted Irish-born poet and author Rose Kavanagh and Alice Furlong writers and poets In 1895 she married Clement King Shorter an English journalist and literary critic They lived together in London until her death Source Wikipedia more…

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