If I Had Been a Rose
Nora Hopper Chesson
1871 to 1906
Track 1
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Ah, would you be unkind, and pass me by
The red leaves drop and show the gold heart under
If I had been a rose
A moment in their passing, and in shade
If I had been a rose,
Tis easy withering roses, even in June!
Ah, yet be gentle though no rose am I!
Too rough a wind-touch, or too bright a noon.
Making me redder, and breathed in my dower
Of sweetness? Would you gather me, I wonder.
You had been kinder than to leave me there.
That meeting boughs of lime and lilac made
If I had been a rose?
If I had been a rose.
And half because remembering is so rare.
Would you have stood, and softly touched my flower,
My shading leaves to watch my bloom grow dry?
Past dream or daring, past desire or wonder.
Or pass without a word, and leave me under
My tears are in my heart — my heart were dry,
And not a woman, would your feet have stayed
Spilling my sweetness out, half in despair,
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