Chapter 84 - Villanelle 7

When I Saw You Last, Rose

By Austin Dobson

When I saw you last, Rose,

You were only so high;-

How fast the time goes!

Like a bud ere it blows,

You just peeped at the sky,

When I saw you last, Rose!

Now your petals unclose,

Now your May-time is nigh;-

How fast the time goes!

And a life,-how it grows!

You were scarcely so shy

When I saw you last, Rose!

In your bosom it shows

There's a guest on the sly;

How fast the time goes!

Is it Cupid? Who knows!

Yet you used not to sigh,

When I saw you last, Rose;-

How fast the time goes!