English poem
No mortal ever knows
by Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945)
No mortal ever knows How to surrender to a rose; But simply says: “Suppose This flower should teach me how to die, Where would I find Eternity?”
God in His wrath arose And let his thunder peal the word: “Suppose! Do not defile the rose. Petal-light is the weight of My power; And man in the dust shall kneel to a flower.”