StoryTitle("caps", "The Rose ") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A rose, as fair as ever saw the North, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Grew in a little garden all alone; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A sweeter flower did Nature ne'er put forth, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Nor fairer garden yet was never known: ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The maidens danced about it morn and noon,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And learnéd bards of it their ditties made; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The nimble fairies by the pale-faced moon ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Water'd the root and kiss'd her pretty shade. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But well-a-day!—the gardener careless grew; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The maids and fairies both were kept away,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And in a drought the caterpillars threw ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Themselves upon the bud and every spray. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "God shield the stock! If heaven send no supplies, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The fairest blossom of the garden dies.", "") ?>
Poet("William Browne of Tavistock", "1588-1643") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>