Vintage Costume – Elizabeth Barrett Browning Dead Rose Pin
blissst on August 31, 2009 in Antique and Vintage Jewelry, Jewelry, Vintage Costume Jewelry
Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote the poem “Dead Rose”
O Rose! who dares to name thee?
No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet;
But pale, and hard, and dry, as stubble-wheat, -
Kept seven years in a drawer-thy titles shame thee.
Here in this pin is a wilting rose, not quite dead but loved and held close.
Size: 1 1/4in
Material: Base metal, enamel
Circa: 1950′s
