You are in bloom
Seen today
Of such sweet scent

But oh, with so short a stay
That where you grew
Scarce one can say


So beautiful
A July flower

Yet one rude wind
Or a terse, ruffling summer shower
Will force you hence

To hide and cower

You are a rose

In fair set vine
Your tendrils can
Love entwine


The poetâ??s tongue
So well can speak

Though to compare
Such words and clever rhymes are meek
And neâ??er replace

The balm I seek

Your petals soft

And need tender care
For pressed too close
You wilt and blush, and easily tear

And end too soon
Our brief affair


Go, happy rose
And interwove
With other flowers

Bind our love

You are a Queen

All flowers among
But die you must, fair rose
As he, alongâ?¦ the maker of this song


You are a rose
A sweet summer flower

Oh, happy rose