I HAVE come the selfsame path To the selfsame door, Years have left the roses there Burning as before. While I watch them in the wind Quick the hot tears start-- Strange so frail a flame outlasts Fire in the heart.
Sara Teasdale
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Dooryard Roses, Rivers to the Sea (1915); Exact wording and attribution checked. Complete poem contrasting the returning roses with a love that has ended.
- Dooryard Roses, Rivers to the Sea (1915)
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