Poems of Philip Henry Savage / Philip Henry Savage [electronic text]

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Poems of Philip Henry Savage / Philip Henry Savage [electronic text]
Author
Savage, Philip Henry, 1868-1899
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Boston: Small, Maynard, and Company
1900
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"Poems of Philip Henry Savage / Philip Henry Savage [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAD0829.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.

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RED ROSE AND WHITE

A RED rose climbed to the casement; Cried, "Open to me! My cry is the call of the passing years, I ask for love and the dew of tears Withheld by thee."
I broke the rose at the casement; Cried, "Welcome to thee." Ah, red rose dead! but I could not know That only the pale white rose would blow On earth for me.

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