Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO JAMES FORBES ON HIS BRINGING ME FLOWERS FROM VAUCLUSE, by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sweet spoils of consecrated bowers Last Line: Nor, like my verse is born to die. Subject(s): Flowers; Forbes, James (1749-1819); Preservation | ||||||||
Sweet spoils of consecrated bowers, How dear to me these chosen flowers! I love the simplest bud that blows, I love the meanest weed that grows: Symbols of natureevery form That speaks of her this heart can warm; But ye, delicious flowers, assume In fancy's eye a brighter bloom; A dearer pleasure ye diffuse, Cull'd by the fountain of Vaucluse! For ye were nurtur'd on the sod Where PETRARCH mourn'd, and LAURA trod; Ye grew on that inspiring ground Where love has shed enchantment round; Where still the tear of passion flows, Fond tribute to a poet's woes! Yet, cherish'd flowers, with love and fame This wreath entwines a milder name; Friendship, who better knows than they The spells that smooth our length'ning way, Friendship the blooming off'ring brought; When FORBES the classic fountain sought, For me he cull'd the fresh-blown flowers, And fix'd their hues with potent powers; Their pliant forms with skilful care He seized, and stamp'd duration there; His gift shall ever glad the eye, Nor, like my verse is born to die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET TO HOPE by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS SONNET TO THE MOON by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS A FAREWELL, FOR TWO YEARS, TO ENGLAND; A POEM, SELECTION by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS A SONG by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS AN EPISTLE TO DR. MOORE, SELECTION by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS ELEGY ON A YOUNG THRUSH, WHICH ESAPED ... COULD NOT BE FOUND by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS HABITUAL DEVOTION by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS HYMN WRITTEN AMONG THE ALPS by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. DR. KIPPIS by HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS |
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