Classic and Contemporary Poetry
JEUNE FILLE ET JEUNE FLEUR, by FRANCOIS AUGUSTE RENE DE CHATEAUBRIAND First Line: The bier descends, the spotless roses too Last Line: O fair young girl and flower! Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
The bier descends, the spotless roses too, The father's tribute in his saddest hour: O Earth! that bore them both, thou hast thy due, -- The fair young girl and flower. Give them not back unto a world again, Where mourning, grief, and agony have power, -- Where winds destroy, and suns malignant reign, -- That fair young girl and flower. Lightly thou sleepest, young Eliza, now, Nor fear'st the burning heat, nor chilling shower; They both have perished in their morning glow, -- The fair young girl and flower. But he, thy sire, whose furrowed brow is pale, Bends, lost in sorrow, o'er thy funeral bower, And time the old oak's roots doth now assail, O fair young girl and flower! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND MAID AND FLOWER by FRANCOIS AUGUSTE RENE DE CHATEAUBRIAND |
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