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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHIMONANTHUS FRAGRANS, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poet's Biography
First Line: These blossoms of empurpled hue
Last Line: Its worth, when all the rest are flown!
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Flowers; Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: These blossoms of empurpled hue
Last Line: Its worth, when all the rest are flown!
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Flowers; Solitude; Loneliness
THESE blossoms of empurpled hue,
They drink not of the vernal dew;
They bloom not in the summer sheen,
When flowers are gay, and leaves are green;
When Autumn gilds the bright parterre,
They mix not with the fragrance there;
But when, the sky with clouds o'ercast,
Rough winter chills the sweeping blast,
Then, peering forth, each purple gem
Shines bright upon the leafless stem.
True friendship thus its presence hides;
When all is bright aloof it bides;
Shuns to intrude amid the throng
When mirth and joy the hours prolong;
But comes when flattering crowds depart,
And sheds a balm into the heart;
Then only, in affliction, known
Its worth, when all the rest are flown!
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