Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE THREE SORROWS, by JULIEN AUGUSTE PELAGE BRIZEUX



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THE THREE SORROWS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Two blooms of the rose, one cypress spray
Last Line: His flower; thy soul shall ne'er decay.'
Alternate Author Name(s): Brizeux, Auguste
Subject(s): Grief; Sorrow; Sadness


TWO blooms of the rose, one cypreas spray!
Gloomy the cypress, the rose blooms gay;
The one lasts ever, the two decay.

Each one he plucked from the parent tree,
And thrice he wept as he spake to me,
The grievous lore of the sorrows three.

'Tell the three remedies then,' I said,
'Of the sorrows three. Priest! lend thine aid
To lighten the load thy lore has laid.'

'No! learn to suffer,' the stern reply:
'Bloom of the body is doomed to die;
Bloom of the mind soon passes by.

'Banish all hopes that do fade away.
Bruised heart! on the heart, spear-wounded, stay
His flower; thy soul shall ne'er decay.'





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