Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG, by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN



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First Line: That zephyr every year
Last Line: But we, once dead, no more do see the sun.
Alternate Author Name(s): Drummond, William
Variant Title(s): Spring Bereaved: 1
Subject(s): Spring


THAT zephyr every year
So soon was heard to sigh in forests here,
It was for her: that wrapp'd in gowns of green
Meads were so early seen,
That in the saddest months oft sung the merles,
It was for her; for her trees dropp'd forth pearls.
That proud and stately courts
Did envy those our shades and calm resorts,
It was for her; and she is gone, O woe!
Woods cut again do grow,
Bud doth the rose and daisy, winter done;
But we, once dead, no more do see the sun.





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