Lyric Poem · Nature
Why Flowers Change Colour
These fresh beauties, we can prove,
Once were virgins, sick of love,
Turn'd to flowers: still in some,
Colours go and colours come.
This poem is in the public domain.
“Why Flowers Change Colour” by Robert Herrick — quilloak.com/poems/why-flowers-change-colour
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