Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CRUSHED FLOWER, by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT


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First Line: As through earth's garden once I strayed
Last Line: But its poor heart was crushed!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tucker, Mary Eliza Perine
Subject(s): Flowers


AS through earth's garden once I strayed
I saw a rose tree fair --
And from it plucked an opening bud,
In all its beauty rare.

I gazed deep in its heart of hearts --
It blushed beneath my eye;
While its faint fragrance seemed to breathe,
A gentle, unheard sigh.

'Twas mine alone! I cherished it --
My frail and lovely flower!
Until another bud I found,
More beauteous, in an hour.

Then with relentless hand I broke
The floweret's fragile stem:
I spoiled the gem that would have graced
A monarch's diadem!

But stern remorse soon touched my heart, --
Back to the spot I rushed.
Alas! too late; my flower was there,
But its poor heart was crushed!





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