| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1161. The Betrayal of the Rose |
| | | By Edith Matilda Thomas |
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| A WHITE rose had a sorrow— | |
| And a strange sorrow! | |
| For her sisters they had none, | |
| As they all sat around her | |
| Each on her feudal throne. | 5 |
| A strange sorrow | |
| For one with no to-morrow, | |
| No yesterday, to call her own, | |
| But only to-day. | |
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| A white rose had a sorrow— | 10 |
| And a sweet sorrow! | |
| She had locked it in her breast | |
| Save that one outer petal, | |
| Less guarded than the rest | |
| (Oh, fond sorrow!), | 15 |
| From the red rose did borrow | |
| Blushes, and the truth confessed | |
| In the red rose’s way! | |
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