The poem by Robert Frost of the same name is the inspiration for
these 24 card designs featuring black and white photographs of roses. Each design contains a line from
the poem or line from another poem dedicated to those most luxurious of blooms. The first 10 designs contain
the lines from Robert Frost's poem "The Rose Family." Designs 11 and 12 are from a stanza of
"Ethan Esmary," and designs 13 through 15 are lines from a stanza of "A Flower for Honey"
by Peter S. Quinn. Designs 16 through 18 are from poems by Emily Dickinson, and design 19 is a line from
"Summer's Rose" by Dominic Windram. Design 20 is the first line of the well-known poem by Robert Burns,
and design 21 is a line by George Eliot. Design 22 is a line from "Sweet Roses in Red" by Peter S. Quinn,
and design 23 is a line by Emily Dickinson. The last design is a line from "During Wind and Rain" by
Thomas Hardy.
Cards are printed with
archival inks on heavy cardstock paper and include matching envelopes, and purchase
options include all 24 designs, the first half, and the second half.
1. The rose is a rose
2. And was always a rose
3. But the theory now goes
4. That the apple's a rose
5. And the pear is, and so's
6. The plum I suppose
7. The dear only knows
8. What will next prove a rose
9. You, of course, are a rose -
10. But were always a rose
11. King of flowers, Queen for pose
12. Always wellwisher, beautiful rose
13. Your summer be endless
14. With colors and shades
15. Ever so new and fresh, blooms that never fades
16. A sepal, petal, and a thorn upon a common summer's morn
17. I had rather dwell like her
18. I had rather wear her grace
19. Your inner light will always shine brightly
20. My love is like a red, red rose
21. I wish the sky would rain down roses
22. Like love in your heart that finds its own ways
23. The rose did caper on her cheek
24. They sing their dearest songs
