For Love of a White Rose

Roses white for purity

A wisp of innocence,

Youthfulness and secrecy

All dwell in hearts of love

Within these misty corridors

Illusion oft will hide

Revealing music of the soul

Binding heart to heart

The blood of love, in passion boils

It swirls in lover’s hearts

No barriers of gods or men

No gates eternal barred

The heart of love ‘tis force unbound

No greater power there be

Forever binds the captive heart

Forever and a day

And as I hold this snow white rose

A thorn my finger pricks

I watch the blood it trickles down

A strange thought comes to me

They who fall under love’s spell

Snared in passions cell

Eternal chains of love do bind

Never to set free

The white rose is for purity

For love is pure in deed

Innocence and youthfulness

Within a lover’s heart