Complete poetical works of John Hay / [by John Hay] ; with an introd. by Clarence L. Hay [electronic text]
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Complete poetical works of John Hay / [by John Hay] ; with an introd. by Clarence L. Hay [electronic text]
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Hay, John, 1838-1905, Hay, Clarence Leonard
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Boston, Mass. ; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company
1917
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"Complete poetical works of John Hay / [by John Hay] ; with an introd. by Clarence L. Hay [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAE0027.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.
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THE WHITE FLAG
I SENT my love two roses, — one As white as driven snow, And one a blushing royal red, A flaming Jacqueminot.
I meant to touch and test my fate; That night I should divine, The moment I should see my love, If her true heart were mine.
For if she holds me dear, I said, She'll wear my blushing rose; If not, she'll wear my cold Lamarque, As white as winter's snows.
My heart sank when I met her: sure I had been overbold, For on her breast my pale rose lay In virgin whiteness cold.
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Yet with low words she greeted me, With smiles divinely tender; Upon her cheek the red rose dawned, — The white rose meant surrender.
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