1397. The Greeting of the Roses by Hamlin Garland. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1397. The Greeting of the Roses

By Hamlin Garland


WE had been long in mountain snow,
In valleys bleak, and broad, and bare,
Where only moss and willows grow,
And no bird wings the silent air.
And so, when on our downward way	5
Wild roses met us, we were glad:
They were so girlish fair, so gay,
It seemed the sun had made them mad.