Birds and flowers, or, Lays and lyrics of rural life (1873)
Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888, Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904 · London ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons · leaf 77
is fairer still. Tis giand neath palace walls to grow.To blaze where lords and ladies go;To hang oer marble founts, and shineIn modern gardens trim and line ; 70 THE ROSE OF MAY. But the Rose of May is only seenWhere the great of other days have been. The house is mouldering stone by stone,The… … The Rose of May its pride displayedAlong the old stone balustrade ;And ancient ladies, quaintly dight,In its pink blossoms took delight, THE ROSE OF MAY. 71 And on the steps would make a stand,To scent its sweetness, fan in hand. Long have been dead those ladies gay;Their very heirs have passed…
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