BUDDING ROSE [THE ROSEBUD] Queen of fragrance, Lovely Rose The beauty of thy leaves disclose; The winter’s past, the tempests fly, Soft gales breathe gently thro the sky; The lark sweet warbling on the wing Salutes the gay return of spring

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Full Text: BUDDING ROSE [THE ROSEBUD] Queen of fragrance, Lovely Rose The beauty of thy leaves disclose; The winter’s past, the tempests fly, Soft gales breathe gently thro the sky; The lark sweet warbling on the wing Salutes the gay return of spring
Listed on Page Number: 153
Sampler Worked By: Martha Capen Edmands
Date of Sampler: 1820
Place Sampler Made: Charlestown, MA
Sampler Listed on Page: 260
Author/Publication/Country/Date: Broome, William (1689–1745), 'Poems on Several Occasions' (London: Bernard Lintot, 1727).
Notes: The poem was reduced to its first 6 lines. Link to full poem: https://divinity.duke.edu/sites/divinity.duke.edu/files/documents/cswt/01_MS_Poetry_Miscellany_%281730%29.pdf Also published by John Wesley in: Broome, “The Rose-bud: To a Young Lady,” Poems, 82–84. Wesley published in Arminian Magazine 1 (1778): 96.