• In comfortable blooms,
    Of loves belief,
    They grow as vines,
    And not as trees.

    Glaring purples,
    Purest white,
    The often pass hands at night,
    To a lover, new or old.

    Hidden means,
    Known truths,
    The meaning of this flower,
    May not comfort you.

    This flower's meaning,
    So very apt,
    Gives thorns, and beauty,
    Without looking back.

    Beware the gentle Eglantine,
    Or the average common red,
    They are not to be trifled with,
    For blood can be shed.

    Now court not with frivilty,
    Or love without a heart,
    A rose passed without love,
    Will lead to a stab in the heart.