Thomas Hood (1799-1845). Time of Roses. Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. 1922. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse

Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

Time of Roses

By Thomas Hood (1799–1845)


IT was not in the Winter
Our loving lot was cast;
It was the time of roses—
We pluck’d them as we pass’d!

That churlish season never frown’d	5
On early lovers yet:
O no—the world was newly crown’d
With flowers when first we met!

’Twas twilight, and I bade you go,
But still you held me fast;	10
It was the time of roses—
We pluck’d them as we pass’d!