Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE THREE SORROWS, by JULIEN AUGUSTE PELAGE BRIZEUX 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.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS ATTUNED by JULIEN AUGUSTE PELAGE BRIZEUX |
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