Where the Rose Is Sown Where the Rose Is Sown Where the Rose is Sown is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country, released in 1984 as the second single from their second studio album "Steeltown". It was written by Big Country and produced by Steve Lillywhite. "Where the Rose Is Sown" peaked at No. 29 in the UK and No. 25 in Ireland. A music video was filmed to promote the single. It received medium rotation on MTV. Upon release, Lesley White of "Smash Hits" commented: "More of the same from the frustrated messiahs of contemporary rock. A treat for lovers of "real
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