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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IF ONLY THOU ART TRUE, by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) First Line: If only a single rose is left Last Line: If only thou art true? Subject(s): Fidelity; Faithfulness; Constancy | |||
IF only a single rose is left, Why should the summer pine? A blade of grass in a rocky cleft; A single star to shine. -- Why should I sorrow if all be lost, If only thou art mine? If only a single bluebell gleams Bright on the barren heath, Still of that flower the Summer dreams, Not of his August wreath. -- Why should I sorrow if thou art mine, Love, beyond change and death? If only once on a wintry day The sun shines forth in the blue, He gladdens the groves till they laugh as in May And dream of the touch of the dew. -- Why should I sorrow if all be false, If only thou art true? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARGUING BARTUSIAK by ALBERT GOLDBARTH THE VISIONARY by EMILY JANE BRONTE THE PROTESTATION by THOMAS CAREW A VALEDICTION: OF MY NAME IN THE WINDOW by JOHN DONNE ELEGY: 11. THE BRACELET; UPON THE LOSS OF HIS MISTRESS'S CHAIN by JOHN DONNE WOMAN'S CONSTANCY by JOHN DONNE NON SUM QUALIS ERAM BONAE SUB REGNO CYNARAE by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON A GIFT OF SPRING by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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