Sweet Rose

"The perfume of roses are like exquisite chords of music composed of many odor notes harmoniously blended."
~N. F. Miller

Loveliest of Lovely Things

"Loveliest of lovely things are they On earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour Is prized beyond the sculptured flower."  ~William Cullen Bryant

Rose

How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew!  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Texture courtesy of Shadowhouse Creations.  In addition to the texture from SC I added a canvas texture.  

What's in a name?

What's in a name?  That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.  ~William Shakespeare


Texture courtsey of Shadowhouse Creations.