Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BITTER RUE, by GRACE BROWN PUTNAM


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First Line: Their love that was so exigent
Last Line: May wither all life's passion flowers.
Subject(s): Love - Loss Of; Past


Their love that was so exigent,
Its beauty gone, its perfume spent,
Lies in the discard of the years,
A shabby thing, too drab for tears;

Time plucked its petals one by one
To leave them wilting in the sun;
And thus a few ironic hours
May wither all life's passion flowers.





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