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The Wild White Rose – A Poem

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

The Wild White Rose It was peeping through the brambles, that little wild white rose, Where the hawthorn hedge was planted, my garden to enclose. All beyond was fern and heather, on the breezy, open moor; All within was sun … Continue reading →

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‘O Gather Me The Rose – A Poem

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

O Gather Me the Rose O gather me the rose, the rose, While yet in flower we find it, For summer smiles, but summer goes, And winter waits behind it. For with the dream foregone, foregone, The deed forborne forever, … Continue reading →

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“The Rose” – A Poem

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Chris VanCleave - America's Favorite Rose Gardener

The Rose When God created his kingdom, He thought and then he chose That nothing small, nor anything great Shall be as lovely as– the Rose. The morning sun so beautiful, The evening moon that glows, The … Continue reading →