Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ELEGIAC SONNET: 91. REFLECTIONS ON SOME DRAWINGS OF PLANTS, by CHARLOTTE SMITH


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ELEGIAC SONNET: 91. REFLECTIONS ON SOME DRAWINGS OF PLANTS, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: I can in groups these mimic flowers compose
Last Line: Enshrines thy image in thy mother's heart.
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner
Subject(s): Flowers


I can in groups these mimic flowers compose,
These bells and golden eyes, embathed in dew;
Catch the soft blush that warms the early Rose,
Or the pale Iris cloud with veins of blue;
Copy the scallop'd leaves, and downy stems,
And bid the pencil's varied shades arrest
Spring's humid buds, and Summer's musky gems:
But, save the portrait on my bleeding breast,
I have no semblance of that form adored,
That form, expressive of a soul divine,
So early blighted; and while life is mine,
With fond regret, and ceaseless grief deplored --
That grief, my angel! with too faithful art
Enshrines thy image in thy Mother's heart.





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