PWM Blog Daily Post - April 12, 2021

How Roses Came Red.

Roses at first were white,

Till they could not agree,

Whether my Sappho's breast

Or they more white should be.

But, being vanquish'd quite,

A blush their cheeks bespread;

Since which, believe the rest,

The roses first came red.

Poem by Robert Herrick, circa the 1600s. Public Domain.

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