Only a rose

A crimson rose

From the lattice softly fell,

My love is at the lattice –

What has the rose to tell?

Ah! Only a rose may fall;

But to the happy lover

The rose tells all.

Within my rose

I sought and found a tear!

Like dew in the rose it lay,

And made love's message clear.

Ah! Only a tear may fall;

But to the tender lover

The tear tells all.