A Rose to the Living by Nixon Waterman. William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. 1922. Anthology of Massachusetts Poets

William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922.

A Rose to the Living

Nixon Waterman


A ROSE to the living is more
Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead;
In filling love’s infinite store,
A rose to the living is more,
If graciously given before	5
The hungering spirit is fled,—
A rose to the living is more
Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead.