297. Time of Roses by Thomas Hood
T Hood read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\n\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\n\n---------------------------------------------\n\nTime of Roses\nby Thomas Hood (1798 \u2013 1845)\n\nIt was not in the Winter\n Our loving lot was cast;\nIt was the time of roses\u2014\n We pluck'd them as we pass'd! \n\nThat churlish season never frown'd\n On early lovers yet:\nO no\u2014the world was newly crown'd\n With flowers when first we met! \n\n'Twas twilight, and I bade you go,\n But still you held me fast;\nIt was the time of roses\u2014\n We pluck'd them as we pass'd!\n\n\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\n\nReading \xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008