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SONG (4) by GEORGE MEREDITH

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE FLOWER UNFOLDS ITS DAWNING CUP
Last Line: WAKE US IN EACH OTHER'S ARMS?
Subject(s): FLOWERS; LOVE; NIGHT; BEDTIME;

THE Flower unfolds its dawning cup,
And the young sun drinks the star-dews up,
At eve it droops with the bliss of day,
And dreams in the midnight far away.

So am I in thy sole, sweet glance
Pressed with a weight of utterance;
Lovingly all my leaves unfold,
And gleam to the beams of thirsty gold.

At eve I droop, for then the swell
Of feeling falters forth farewell; --
At midnight I am dreaming deep,
Of what has been, in blissful sleep.

When -- ah! when will love's own light
Wed me alike thro' day and night,
When will the stars with their linking charms
Wake us in each other's arms?



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