My Pretty Rose Tree

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Songs of Experience by William Blake My Pretty Rose Tree

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This poem was published in Songs of Experience in 1794.

A flower was offered to me,
Such a flower as May never bore;
But I said, ‘I’ve a pretty rose tree,’
And I passed the sweet flower o’er.

Then I went to my pretty rose tree,
To tend her by day and by night;
But my rose turned away with jealousy,
And her thorns were my only delight.

This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.