Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-12-02 | Page 6 | Because the Rose Must Fade

oo BECAUSE THE ROSE MUST FADE Because the rose must fade, Shall I not love the ro3e? Because the summer shade I Passes when winter blows, Shall I not rest mc thcro j In the cool air? Because the sunset skjv j Makes music in my soul. Only to fail and die, Shall I not take the whole Of beauty that It gives While vet it lives? i If, like the summer flower That blooms a fragrant death-Keen death-Keen music hath no power To live beyond its breath, Then of this flood of song, Lot mc drink long! Ah, yes, because tho rose ; Doth fade like sunset skies; Because rude winter blows All bare, and muBlc dies Therefore, now is to me Eternity' j Richard Watson Glider. ' i 3