A single white rose stands in a slender clear vase against a dark burgundy background.

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The Rose that all are praising

Thomas Haynes Bayly

The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for me.

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Thomas Haynes Bayly's speaker turns away from the rose everyone else praises. Popular admiration doesn't decide their taste. It's a gentle way of saying the speaker's own preference lies elsewhere, whatever the crowd happens to adore.

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