Rudyard Kipling - Blue Roses lyrics

Roses red and roses white Plucked I for my love's delight. She would none of all my posies-- Bade me gather her blue roses. Half the world I wandered through, Seeking where such flowers grew. Half the world unto my quest Answered me with laugh and jest. Home I came at wintertide, But my silly love had died Seeking with her latest breath Roses from the arms of d**h. It may be beyond the grave She shall find what she would have. Mine was but an idle quest-- Roses white and red are best!