July 12, 2026

"Dooryard Roses" by Sara Teasdale

"Dooryard Roses" by Sara Teasdale
"Dooryard Roses" by Sara Teasdale
The Concise Verse
"Dooryard Roses" by Sara Teasdale

I HAVE come the selfsame path
To the selfsame door,
Years have left the roses there
Burning as before.

While I watch them in the wind
Quick the hot tears start—
Strange so frail a flame outlasts
Fire in the heart.

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"Dooryard Roses" by Sarah Teasdale.

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I have come the selfsame path To the selfsame door,

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Years have left the roses there Burning as before.

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While I watch them in the wind Quick the hot tears start—

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Strange so frail a flame outlasts Fire in the heart.

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"Dooryard Roses" by Sarah Teasdale.

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