Explore "Sea Rose (H. D.)" by Hilda Doolittle on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Rose, harsh rose, / marred and with stint of petals, / meagre flower, thin, / sparse of leaf.
more precious / than a wet rose, / single on a stem -- / you are caught in the drift.
Stunted, with small leaf, / you are flung on the sands, / you are lifted / in the crisp sand / that drives in the wind.
Can the spice-rose / drip such acrid fragrance / hardened in a leaf?