Red Rose

Famous quotes containing the words red rose, red and/or rose:

    “The red rose whispers of passion,
    And the white rose breathes of love;
    O, the red rose is a falcon,
    And the white rose is a dove.”
    —John Boyle O’Reilly (1844–1890)

    “I died before bedtime came
    But my womb was bellowing
    And I felt with my bare fall
    A blazing red harsh head tear up
    And the dear floods of his hair.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “A blank helpless sort of face, rather like a rose just before you drench it with D.D.T.”
    —John Carey (b. 1934)