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SHELLEY AND HARRIET WESTBROOK by WILLIAM WATSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: A STAR LOOKED DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND LOVED A FLOWER
Last Line: REFUSE NOT, TO A RUIN'D ROSEBUD -- TEARS.
Subject(s): POETRY & POETS; SHELLEY, HARRIET WESTBROOK; SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE (1792-1822);

A STAR looked down from heaven and loved a flower
Grown in Earth's garden -- loved it for an hour.
Let eyes that trace his orbit in the Spheres
Refuse not, to a ruin'd rosebud -- tears.



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