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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAID AND FLOWER, by FRANCOIS AUGUSTE RENE DE CHATEAUBRIAND First Line: The coffin sinks, whereon an opening rose Last Line: Fair maid, sweet flower. | |||
THE coffin sinks, whereon an opening rose Is laid, a father's melancholy dower, And earth that bore them both doth early close O'er maid and flower. Yet wish them not in this vile world delayed, This grieving world where strife and sorrow lour, Winds break and blight, sunshine doth scorch and fade, Both maid and flower. Then rest! Unworn thy years, so bright and few, By heat and burden of life's noontide hour; Only the glad fresh morning shone for you, Fair maid, sweet flower. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MORTAL COMBAT by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE THE MODERN MAJOR-GENERAL, FR. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE by WILLIAM SCHWENCK GILBERT TWILIGHT AT THE HEIGHTS by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER THE BELFRY PIGEON by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS |
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