White Rose of York White Rose of York The White Rose of York (also called the "Rose alba" or rose argent), a white heraldic rose, is the symbol of the House of York and has since been adopted as a symbol of Yorkshire as a whole. The origins of the emblem are said to go back to the fourteenth century, to Edmund of Langley, the first Duke of York and the founder of the House of York as a cadet branch of the then ruling House of Plantagenet (although other reports suggest the rose and Yorkshire have links going back further than that.) The
To the Rose upon the Rood of Time To the Rose upon the Rood of Time "To the Rose upon the Rood of Time" is poem by W. B. Yeats that was published in "The Rose" in 1893. The poem is one of many early Yeatsian lyrical poems which utilize the symbol of the rose. The poem has twenty four lines, written in fairly regular iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme is "aabbccddeeff gghhiijjkkaa," and the use of the rhyming couplets give the poem its euphonic feel.Poetry Archive Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days! The symbol of the rose in “To the Rose upon the