297. Time of Roses by Thomas Hood
b"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"