Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By Frank DempsterSherman

1370 To a Rose

GO, Rose, and in her golden hair

You shall forget the garden soon;

The sunshine is a captive there

And crowns her with a constant noon.

And when your spicy odor goes,

And fades the beauty of your bloom,

Think what a lovely hand, O Rose,

Shall place your body in the tomb!