FAIREST flower, all flowers excelling, Which in Milton's page we see; Flowers of Eve's embower'd dwelling Are, my fair-one, types of thee. Mark, my Polly, how the roses Emulate thy damask cheek; How the bud its sweets discloses—— Buds thy opening bloom bespeak. Lilies are by plain direction Emblems of a double kind; Emblems of thy fair complexion, Emblems of thy fairer mind. But, dear girl, both flowers and beauty Blossom, fade, and die away; Then pursue good sense and duty, Evergreens! which ne'er decay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ONE POET VISITS ANOTHER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES RIDDLE: SEWING NEEDLE AND THREAD by MOTHER GOOSE PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 48. AL-WADOOD by EDWIN ARNOLD THE FIGHT WITH THE SNAPPING TURTLE; OR, THE AMERICAN ST. GEORGE by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN PILGRIMAGE by ELIZABETH WILCOX BEASLEY THE DAWN PATROL by PAUL BEWSHER |