Explore "O Roses for the Flush of Youth" by Christina Georgina Rossetti on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Song.
O roses for the flush of youth, / And laurel for the perfect prime; / But pluck an ivy branch for me / Grown old before my time.
O violets for the grave of youth, / And bay for those dead in their prime; / Give me the withered leaves I chose / Before in the old time.