Give Me A Rosebud by Aurora Vane
"Peterson's Magazine", March, 1883, p. 217.
"Ere summer, on unsandaled feet,
Goes, with her wealth of roses sweet,
Oh, darling one, please give to me
A rosebud, sweet and fair to see.
A lovely rose of creamy-white,
Oft kissed by shining rays of light,
And oft refreshed by gentle dew
And summer rain. Oh, dear one true,
Please let this lovely rosebud be
A token of thy love to me.
Oh, give me, dear, a rosebud fair,
That thou hast watched with tender care.
Perfect its beauty; for I know
Its loveliness would rarer grow
Beneath the gleamings of thine eyes,
Bright as the blue of sapphire skies,
A sacred treasure it wall be,
A token of thy love to me.
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FlowersA Floral Flirtation (Poem—1889)
A Plea For the Old-Fashioned Lavender (1880)
Marguerite (Poem—1886)
Language and Sentiment of Flowers (1891)
Out-door Botanizing (1878)
When Apple Blossoms Fall (1892)
Victorian flower images
Victoria, B.C., Canada: Downs and ups on an anniversary trip —or, How we were denied entrance to Victoria's most famous garden for dressing too decently, yet still managed to find many lovely flowers in much better places
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