When Day Stands Still
When Day Stands Still
Original Text
Marjory Nicholls, Collected Poems,
comp. Niel Wright (Wellington: Original Books, 2009).
1There's a big rose near my window
2 Hanging a heavy head;
3And golden-yellow, drowsy rose
4 With not a petal shed,
5But full of sweets and rounded ripe
6 And dreaming in the noon--
7The golden hour--the golden flower,
8 Why must they waken soon?
Publication Start Year
1918
Publication Notes
The Spike (1918).
RPO poem Editors
Cameron La Follette
RPO Edition
2011
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