ROSES

That which God said to the rose,

and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty,

He said it to my heart, and made it

a hundred times more beautiful.

Rumi

Thank you Inda for bringing back the beautiful roses topic. I just brought back your image from the previous page. 

I love roses.

Can you find another market like this? Where, with your one rose, you can buy hundreds of rose gardens?

~Rumi

This love is the rose that blooms forever.

~Rumi

And if you are a rose, I am rose-shadow.

~Rumi

Nice to see the roses back, and they are blooming very nicely this year. We have had quite a bit of rain and they like it.

Roses are all blooming once more, enjoy their beautiful colours and scent.

Roses are truly beautiful and now they are blooming everywhere.

Renoir

Summer is filled with beautiful roses. I'll see if we have more paintings of roses in our documents. Yes we do have another Renoir.

Roses are so beautiful.

I will see if we have another rose painting image.

One more Renoir.

What a beautiful thread, and it does justice to the roses.

Renoir

Enjoy the roses which are all in full bloom.

Take some into your house, and enjoy them on a table.

   Thomas Moore (1779-1852)

'TIS THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER

      'TIS the last rose of summer, 
            Left blooming alone ; 
      All her lovely companions 
            Are faded and gone ; 
      No flower of her kindred, 
            No rose-bud is nigh, 
      To reflect back her blushes, 
            Or give sigh for sigh.

      I'll not leave thee, thou lone one ! 
            To pine on the stem ; 
      Since the lovely are sleeping, 
            Go sleep thou with them. 
      Thus kindly I scatter 
            Thy leaves o'er the bed, 
      Where thy mates of the garden 
            Lie scentless and dead.

      So soon may I follow, 
            When friendships decay, 
      And from Love's shining circle 
            The gems drop away. 
      When true hearts lie wither'd, 
            And fond ones are flown, 
      Oh ! who would inhabit 
            This bleak world alone ?

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It is not the last rose yet, summer has just begun s few weeks ago, but I like this poem. I have also heard the song.

Roses are blooming again. Enjoy their beauty and scent.

I really enjoy all the roses which are in full bloom at the moment.

Roses are truly blooming everywhere.

Roses are starting to bloom again in all their beautifuol colors and scent.

You can also take them inside and enjoy them on your tea table.

Image from Victoria magazine.

Thank you yoko for bringing back the roses topic. Roses are blooming everywhere at the moment in all their beautiful colors and scent.