Poems (Kimball)/Petition

by Harriet McEwen Kimball

III.

petition.

Only the roses will hear;
    Dear,
0nly the roses will see!
This once—just this!
Ah, the roses I wis
 They envy me!

Here is a half-blown spray
    Say
This shall Love's anadem be
A rose-strung wreath
For thy brow, and beneath
 A rose for me!