Francis Thompson Quote

The fairest things have fleetest end,
Their scent survives their close:
But the rose's scent is bitterness
To him that loved the rose.


Daisy (1893), st. 10.

26. Daisy. Francis Thompson. Modern British Poetry[bartleby.com]


The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose's scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose.

The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose's scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose.

The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose's scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose.

The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose's scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose.