Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
Poems of Home: II. For ChildrenThe First Rose of Summer
Oliver Herford (18631935)“O
I heard a rosebud moan,
When first her eyes she opened,
And found she was alone.
Little me, belated?
Where are the other roses?
I think they might have waited.”
Saw to her surprise
Other rosebuds opening,
So she dried her eyes.
Gaily in the sun,
“I thought Summer was over:
Why, it ’s just begun!”