Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DEAD VIOLETS, by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER


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DEAD VIOLETS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They took them from the woodland glade
Last Line: And she is dead.
Alternate Author Name(s): Home, Cecil; Webster, Mrs. Julia Augusta
Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Violets; Dead, The


THEY took them from the woodland glade
Where they awoke
Beneath the sprouting hawthorn shade,--
Before the chestnut leaves were spread,
Long ere the buds burst on the oak,
Or yet the lime was flecked with red,
And smiled on spring with love-dewed eyes.
They took them from the sweet spring air,
They took them from the sweet spring skies,
They took them for they were so fair,--
And they are dead.

They took her from the woodland cot
Where she had birth,
And seasons of her even lot
Passed light and happy o'er her head,
And her glad heart laughed in young mirth:
She was too beautiful, they said,
To gladden some poor rustic's days ;
They took her from obscurity,
They gave her worship, gave her praise,
But she had need of love more high--
And she is dead.








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