Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, STORNELLI AND STRAMBOTTI, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON


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STORNELLI AND STRAMBOTTI, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Flower of the vine
Last Line: She who remembers sits at home and grieves.
Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F.
Subject(s): Love - Nature Of


I.

FLOWER of the vine!
I scarcely knew or saw how love began;
So mean a flower brings forth the sweetest wine!

O mandolines that thrill the moonlit street,
O lemon flowers so faint and freshly blown,
O seas that lap a solemn music sweet
Through all the pallid night against the stone,
O lovers tramping past with happy feet,
O heart that hast a memory of thine own --
For Mercy's sake no more, no more repeat
The word it is so hard to hear alone!

Flowers in the hay!
My heart and all the fields are full of flowers;
So tall they grow before the mowing-day.

II.

Rose in the rain!
We part; I dare not look upon your tears:
So frail, so white, they shatter and they stain.

Love is a bird that breaks its voice with singing,
Love is a rose blown open till it fall,
Love is a bee that dies of its own stinging,
And Love the tinsel cross upon a pall.
Love is the Siren, towards a quicksand bringing
Enchanted fishermen that hear her call.
Love is a broken heart, -- Farewell, -- the wringing
Of dying hands. Ah, do not love at all!

Rosemary leaves!
She who remembers cannot love again.
She who remembers sits at home and grieves.





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