Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO CONSTANTIA, by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY


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First Line: The rose that drinks the fountain dew
Last Line: Its growth
Subject(s): Clairmont, Claire


I

THE rose that drinks the fountain dew
In the pleasant air of noon,
Grows pale and blue with altered hue
In the gaze of the nightly moon;
For the planet of frost, so cold and bright,
Makes it wan with her borrowed light.

II

Such is my heart -- roses are fair,
And that at best a withered blossom;
But thy false care did idly wear
Its withered leaves in a faithless bosom;
And fed with love, like air and dew,
Its growth





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