Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AFFINITES: 3, by MATHILDE BLIND


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AFFINITES: 3, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Full many loves and friendships dear
Last Line: Whom only death shall bid depart.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude
Subject(s): Love


FULL many loves and friendships dear
Have blossomed brightly in my path;
And some were like the primrose rathe,
And withered with the vernal year.

And some were like the joyous rose,
Most prodigal with scent and hue,
That glows while yet the sky is blue,
And falls with every wind that blows --

Mere guests and annuals of the heart;
But you are that perennial bay,
Greenest when greener leaves decay,
Whom only death shall bid depart.






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