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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A ROSE, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: How short, sweet flower, have all thy beauties been
Last Line: So virtue lives, when every grace is fled.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses
First Line: How short, sweet flower, have all thy beauties been
Last Line: So virtue lives, when every grace is fled.
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Flowers; Roses
HOW short, sweet flower, have all thy beauties been,
An hour they bloomed, and now no more are seen:
So human grandeur fades, so dies away;
Beauty and wealth remain but for a day.
But virtue lives for ever in the mind,
In her alone true happiness we find:
The perfume stays, although the rose be dead;
So virtue lives, when every grace is fled.
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