The Rose That Lived By the Lake

The rose that lived by the lake At dawn she bloomed, she wakes For humanity, for beauty's sake The rose that lived by the lake The rose that lived by the lake Men of old paused to seek her face Dazzled they were by the gaze of The rose that lived by the lake The rose that lived by the lake Her splendor remedied aches Firmly rooted, never to shake The rose that lived by the lake The rose that lived by the lake Greeted princes on their way Men smiled with much at stake seeing The rose that lived by the lake The rose that lived by the lake Purified for a thousand years None to keep, none to take The rose that lived by the lake The rose that lived by the lake Caused kings around to debate What palace befitted its magnificence The rose that lived by the lake The rose that lived by the lake Had its head cut onto a plate A tragic and terrible end of The rose that lived by the lake