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“Come near; I would, before my time to go, Sing of old Eire and the ancient ways: Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days.”

Way Proud Red Rose Ancient My Time Red Rose

Book:The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats

Source: The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats

“No matter how irrelevant social class now is, even the most eager egalitarian must be quietly proud that the posh English rose is still an industry standard for peerlessly sophisticated beauty.”

Stills Matter Social Class Industry Proud Standards Rose Sophisticated Irrelevant Social Class Posh

Author:Kate Reardon

“Yet nor the lays of birds nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue Could make me any summer's story tell, Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew; Nor did I wonder at the lily's white, Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose; They were but sweet, but figures of delight, Drawn after you, you pattern of all those.”

Source: The Globe Edition. The Works of William Shakespeare, Edited by W. G. Clark and W. Aldis Wright

“When Gypsy was older, after she became Gypsy Rose Lee, I think she was both proud and slightly ashamed of her Seattle roots. She worked very hard to rid her voice of any trace of a local accent, cultivating an affected way of speaking that sounded as if she pinned the ends of her words.”

Ifs Thinking Way Ends Hard Voice Proud Roots Rose Locals Ashamed Affected Accents Gypsy Seattle Cultivating

Author:Karen Abbott