Lyric Poem · Nature
My Pretty Rose Tree
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.
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“My Pretty Rose Tree” by William Blake — quilloak.com/poems/my-pretty-rose-tree
Quick facts
- Poem
- My Pretty Rose Tree
- Poet
- William Blake
- Length
- 8 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem, Short Poems
- Themes
- Nature, Short
Craft notes
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- Shape
- 8 lines · 2 quatrains
- Line length
- Mostly 9-syllable lines.
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- Author record
- William Blake1757–1827
- Source record
- PoetryDBMy Pretty Rose Tree by william-blake, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 beb5000340e2e970…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.
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