Poetic Divination | I Planted a Rose Tree – Mathilde Blind

“I Planted a Rose Tree” by Mathilde Blind

I planted a rose tree in my garden,

In early days when the year was young;

I thought it would bear me roses, roses,

While nights were dewy and days were long.

It bore me once, and a white rose only–

A lovely rose with petals of light;

Like the moon in heaven, supreme and lonely;

And the lightning struck it one summer night.