[net.books] seeking poem & poet red & white roses

larrabee@decwrl.DEC.COM (Tracy Larrabee) (07/15/86)

[This is from memory so punctuation may be off]

	Oh the red rose is a falcon
	and the white rose is a dove.
	The red rose speaks of passion 
	And the white rose breaths of love.

	So I give you a cream white rose bud
	With a flush on the petal tips--
	For the love that is purest and sweetest
	Has a kiss of desire on the lips.

Sorry, I don't have the name of the author with me.  On the other hand, I
do have a beautifuly dried cream white rose bud with a flush on its petal
tips (and I expect to keep it all my life).
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Tracy Larrabee		tracy@sushi.stanford.edu	decwrl!larrabee

"You of course are a rose, but were always a rose."
						-Robert Frost-