Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SNOW-DROP, by MARY DARBY ROBINSON Poet's Biography First Line: The snow-drop, winter's timid child Last Line: And wept and shrunk like thee Subject(s): Snowdrops (plants) | ||||||||
The Snow-drop, Winter's timid child, Awakes to life, bedew'd with tears; And flings around its fragrance mild, And where no rival flow'rets bloom, Amid the bare and chilling gloom, A beauteous gem appears! All weak and wan, with head inclin'd, Its parent breast the drifted snow; It trembles while the ruthless wind Bends its slim form; the tempest lowers, Its emerald eye drops crystal showers On its cold bed below. Poor flower! on thee the sunny beam No touch of genial warmth bestows; Except to thaw the icy stream Whose little current purls along Thy fair and glossy charms among, And whelms thee as it flows. The night breeze tears thy silken dress, Which deck'd with silvery lustre shone; The morn returns not thee to bless, The gaudy crocus flaunts its pride, And triumphs where its rival died, Unshelter'd and unknown! No sunny beam shall gild thy grave, No bird of pity thee deplore; There shall no spreading branches wave, For Spring shall all her gems unfold, And revel mid her buds of gold, When thou art seen no more! Where'er I find thee, gentle flower, Thou still art sweet and dear to me! For I have known the cheerless hour, Have seen the sunbeams cold and pale, Have felt the chilling wintry gale, And wept and shrunk like thee | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SNOWDROP by MARY WESTON FORDHAM LINES ON THE SNOWDROP by JANET HAMILTON TO THE SNOW-DROP by CHARLOTTE SMITH SNOWDROP by ANNA BUNSTON DE BARY JANUARY, 1795 by MARY DARBY ROBINSON LONDON'S SUMMER MORNING by MARY DARBY ROBINSON SAPPHO AND PHAON: 2. THE TEMPLE OF CHASTITY by MARY DARBY ROBINSON ALL ALONE by MARY DARBY ROBINSON LAURA TO PETRARCH by MARY DARBY ROBINSON MARIE ANTOINETTE'S LAMENTATION, IN HER PRISON OF THE TEMPLE by MARY DARBY ROBINSON MISTRESS GURTON'S CAT; A DOMESTIC TALE by MARY DARBY ROBINSON |
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