“O, gather me the rose, the rose,
While yet in flower we find it,
For summer smiles, but summer goes,
And winter waits behind it …”
~ from “O, Gather Me the Rose”
~ William Ernest Henley
~ English poet
~ 1849 ~1903
Roses are still beauties in bloom on a gorgeous mid-October afternoon at Delaware Canal State Park, Easton, Pennsylvania.
I captured these beauties near the Forks of the Delaware Trailhead of the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail).
The trail is positioned between the Delaware River and Delaware Canal, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978. The site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.
