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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FADED FLOWER, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Ungrateful he, who pluck'd thee from thy stalk
Last Line: Tasted her vernal sweets, but tasted to destroy!'
First Line: Ungrateful he, who pluck'd thee from thy stalk
Last Line: Tasted her vernal sweets, but tasted to destroy!'
Ungrateful he, who pluck'd thee from thy stalk,
Poor faded flow'ret! on his careless way;
Inhal'd awhile thy odours on his walk,
Then onward pass'd and left thee to decay.
Ah! melancholy emblem! had I seen
Thy modest beauties dew'd with Evening's gem,
I had not rudely cropp'd thy parent stem,
But left thee, blushing, 'mid the enliven'd green.
And now I bent me o'er thy wither'd bloom,
And drop the tear -- as Fancy, at my side,
Deep-sighing, points the fair frail Abra's tomb --
'Like thine, sad Flower, was that poor wanderer's pride!
Oh! lost to Love and Truth, whose selfish joy
Tasted her vernal sweets, but tasted to destroy!'
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