“She wore a wreath of roses
The first night that we met.”
She wore a Wreath, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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English poet, songwriter, dramatist, and writer 1797–1839Related quotes

“A rose to the living is more
Than sumptuous wreaths to the dead.”
A Rose to the Living, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Source: Helen Craig McCullough's translations, Kokin Wakashū: The First Imperial Anthology of Japanese Poetry (1985), p. 142
Song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" (1960)

On the defeat of Paulina Nin in her candidacy for Mayor of Pichilemu, in "Jorge Vargas: 'Paulina Nin le faltó el respeto a mi pueblo...'", La Cuarta, (4 November 2004) http://www.lacuarta.com/diario/2004/1104/04.07.4a.CRO.PICHILEMU.html

“Goddess who delights in the ruin of the rose,
Prolong the night!”
Déesse à qui plaît la ruine des roses,
Prolonge la nuit !
Prolonge la Nuit http://www.reneevivien.com/evocations.html#feuilles (Prolong the Night), trans. Margaret Porter
Évocations http://www.reneevivien.com/evocations.html (1903)