Christina Georgina Rossetti

Delight

Roses blushing red and white,

For delight;

Honeysuckle wreaths above,

For love;

Dim sweet-scented heliotrope,

For hope;

Shining lilies tall and straight,

For royal state;

Dusky pansies, let them be

For memory;

With violets of fragrant breath,

For death.