Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, INOPPORTUNE, by THOMAS H. BRIGGS JR.


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First Line: Too brief her sun of beauty glows
Last Line: Not now, not now!
Subject(s): Beauty; Flowers; Passion; Roses


He

Too brief her sun of beauty glows;
The bud with dews of dawn is wet,
Some later day unfolds the rose —
Not now, not yet!

She

Too late his quickening passions plead,
I may nor leave nor break my vow.
Too late! no prayer may intercede —
Not now, not now!





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