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My Wild Rose by Ellen P. Allerton
I had a garden, which I kept
With busy hands and tender care;
And once, while carelessly I slept,
Fanned softly by the drowsy air,
A wild rose to my garden crept,
And blossomed there.
O, sweet surprise. It seemed to me,
Some fair hand, my heart to bless,
Had brought it there, from wood or lee.
It came unsought 'twas loved no less;
I stooped and touched it tenderly,
With soft caress.
I grew to love it passing well;
While strange exotics, rich and rare,
With heart of gold and crimson bell,
Paid grudgingly for constant care,
My wild rose, as in a woodland dell,
Bloomed fresh and fair.
I watered not, I did not prune,
I tied it not with cord or thong;
Yet, morn by morn and noon by noon,
Through days of summer, hot and long,
And underneath the midnight moon,
From branches strong
Hung clustered blossoms sweet and red;
And day by day and week by week,
I trod the path which toward it lead.
Whate'er my mood. I did not speak,
But close against bowed my head
And pressed my cheek.
I think of it with sudden thrill.
Now wide lands lie, deep water flows,
Smiles many a vale, looms many a hill
Between me and the garden-close;
Yet fondly I remember still
My sweet wild rose. This beautiful rose is for Joyce/ , who celebrated her birthday October 26th. I hope you will forgive me for missing the actual day and being so late (due to lack of internet, as you know). I hope it was an AWESOME birthday spent with the people you love! I think it's safe to say that Joyce is THE closest dA friend I've yet to have, and I appreciate her friendship very much. Though there's a gap in our ages, we seem to be very kindred spirits, sharing much of the same interests (and dislikes!) and enjoying many of the same things; the main thing of course being our love for Nature, and showing our love and it's beauty through nature photography. So far I haven't met anyone in person who is to me what Joyce is; it's almost as if I've found a sister who I can talk to about anything, or a long-lost companion, someone who views most things in the same way that I do. It's hard to explain, but I'm 99.9% sure that she feels the same way. So thank you Joyce for the wonderful friendship you've given me; I hope you know how much it means to me. Wouldn't it be great if we could go tromping around the forests together, taking photos and muddying ourselves up?

Photo taken June 2010. A lovely Wild Rose along the roadside.

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Thanks in advance for any comments & faves! <3
My Wild Rose by Ellen P. Allerton
I had a garden, which I kept
With busy hands and tender care;
And once, while carelessly I slept,
Fanned softly by the drowsy air,
A wild rose to my garden crept,
And blossomed there.
O, sweet surprise. It seemed to me,
Some fair hand, my heart to bless,
Had brought it there, from wood or lee.
It came unsought 'twas loved no less;
I stooped and touched it tenderly,
With soft caress.
I grew to love it passing well;
While strange exotics, rich and rare,
With heart of gold and crimson bell,
Paid grudgingly for constant care,
My wild rose, as in a woodland dell,
Bloomed fresh and fair.
I watered not, I did not prune,
I tied it not with cord or thong;
Yet, morn by morn and noon by noon,
Through days of summer, hot and long,
And underneath the midnight moon,
From branches strong
Hung clustered blossoms sweet and red;
And day by day and week by week,
I trod the path which toward it lead.
Whate'er my mood. I did not speak,
But close against bowed my head
And pressed my cheek.
I think of it with sudden thrill.
Now wide lands lie, deep water flows,
Smiles many a vale, looms many a hill
Between me and the garden-close;
Yet fondly I remember still
My sweet wild rose. This beautiful rose is for Joyce/ , who celebrated her birthday October 26th. I hope you will forgive me for missing the actual day and being so late (due to lack of internet, as you know). I hope it was an AWESOME birthday spent with the people you love! I think it's safe to say that Joyce is THE closest dA friend I've yet to have, and I appreciate her friendship very much. Though there's a gap in our ages, we seem to be very kindred spirits, sharing much of the same interests (and dislikes!) and enjoying many of the same things; the main thing of course being our love for Nature, and showing our love and it's beauty through nature photography. So far I haven't met anyone in person who is to me what Joyce is; it's almost as if I've found a sister who I can talk to about anything, or a long-lost companion, someone who views most things in the same way that I do. It's hard to explain, but I'm 99.9% sure that she feels the same way. So thank you Joyce for the wonderful friendship you've given me; I hope you know how much it means to me. Wouldn't it be great if we could go tromping around the forests together, taking photos and muddying ourselves up?

Photo taken June 2010. A lovely Wild Rose along the roadside.

- IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT NOTICE:
My gallery and the images & literature contained in it are Copyright © 2007-2010 Jennifer J. Radford (*Jenna-Rose ). All rights reserved. All the materials contained in my deviantART gallery may NOT be used, reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted, borrowed, duplicated, printed, downloaded, or uploaded in any way without my express written permission. My images do NOT belong to the public domain; they are NOT stock.

Featured -
[link] by `TeaPhotography
[link] by *Kittihawk11
[link] by *JocelyneR
[link] by `TeaPhotography