Versos English Elizabeth Gordon Safrano

English poem

Safrano

by (1866–1922)

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A Spanish maid of high degree Lived in her patio. Suitors she had, but none could touch The maid’s pure heart of snow. There came a gallant from the wars Who’d vanquished all his foes; He won her heart, and from her blush Grew the Safrano Rose.