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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHELLEY AND HARRIET WESTBROOK, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A star looked down from heaven and loved a flower Last Line: Refuse not, to a ruin'd rosebud -- tears. Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Shelley, Harriet Westbrook; Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822) | |||
A STAR looked down from heaven and loved a flower Grown in Earth's garden -- loved it for an hour. Let eyes that trace his orbit in the Spheres Refuse not, to a ruin'd rosebud -- tears. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE GENERAL PUBLIC by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET SHELLEY'S ARETHUSA SET TO NEW MEASURES by ROBERT DUNCAN OZYMANDIAS REVISITED by MORRIS GILBERT BISHOP MEMORABILIA by ROBERT BROWNING ROME. AT THE PYRAMID OF CESTIUS NEAR THE GRAVES OF SHELLEY by THOMAS HARDY SHELLEY'S SKYLARK by THOMAS HARDY |
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