The Answer

Lavender for old loves, Roses for the new, Heliotrope for pleasure, lass, And for sorrow, rue. Rosemary lest you forget.⁠— Take, or let it be. I will have the wholesome pine And the open sea. Rosemary lest you forget.⁠— When I come again Up the old familiar path In the autumn rain, What if you’ve forgotten, lass? Say, what shall I do?⁠— Here is heartsease by the gate With the bitter rue.