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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...MOUNTAIN VALLEY by MALCOLM COWLEY THE TEMPTRESS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON 1914: 4. THE DEAD by RUPERT BROOKE THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS by RUDYARD KIPLING BLIGHTERS by SIEGFRIED SASSOON THREE MINUS ONE (REFRAIN SUGGESTED BY DR. RICHARD HOFFMAN) by BERTON BRALEY |
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