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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FADING BEAUTY; SONG, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poet's Biography First Line: As poor aurelia sate alone Last Line: An autumn has, but knows no second spring. Subject(s): Transience; Impermanence | |||
I. As poor Aurelia sate alone, Hard by a rivulet's flow'ry side, Envious at Nature's new-born pride, Her slighted self she thus reflected on. II. Alas! that Nature should revive These flowers, which after Winter's snow Spring fresh again, and brighter show, But for our fairer sex so ill contrive! III. Beauty, like theirs a short-liv'd thing, On us in vain she did bestow, Beauty that only once can grow, An Autumn has, but knows no second Spring. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE SPANISH by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE SOUTHERN GOTHIC by DONALD JUSTICE THE BEACH IN AUGUST by WELDON KEES THE MAN SPLITTING WOOD IN THE DAYBREAK by GALWAY KINNELL THE SEEKONK WOODS by GALWAY KINNELL AN APPEAL TO CATS IN THE BUSINESS OF LOVE; SONG by THOMAS FLATMAN |
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