The Little White Rose
The Little White Rose
To John Gawsworth
Original Text
MacDiarmid, Hugh. Complete Poems (2 Vol.). Edited by Michael Grieve and W.R. Aitken. Manchester: Carcanet, 1993: 461. PR6013 .R735 A17 1993 Robarts Library.
1The rose of all the world is not for me.
2I want for my part
3Only the little white rose of Scotland
4That smells sharp and sweet—and breaks the heart.
Publication Notes
Stony Limits and Other Poems, 1936; 1956.
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire, assisted by Ana Berdinskikh
RPO Edition
2009
Rhyme
Form