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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEWDROP, WIND AND SUN, by JOSEPH SKIPSEY Poet's Biography
First Line: Ah, be not vain. In yon flower-bell
Last Line: Earth but a drop of water found.
Subject(s): Dew
First Line: Ah, be not vain. In yon flower-bell
Last Line: Earth but a drop of water found.
Subject(s): Dew
AH, be not vain. In yon flower-bell,
As rare a pearl, did I appear,
As ever grew in ocean shell,
To dangle at a Helen's ear.
So was I till a cruel blast
Arose and swept me to the ground,
When, in the jewel of the past,
Earth but a drop of water found.
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