The rose is a rose,
And was always a rose.
But now the theory goes
That the apple's a rose,
And the pear is, and so's
The plum, I suppose.
The dear only knows
What will next prove a rose.
You, of course, are a rose
But were always a rose.
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More Poems by Robert Frost
• Acquainted With The Night • After Apple Picking • Birches • Fire And Ice • Home Burial • Mending Wall • Mowing • Nothing Gold Can Stay • Once By The Pacific • Out, Out • Reluctance • Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening • The Death Of The Hired Man • The Pasture • The Road Not Taken • The Rose Family • The Sound Of The Trees
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