The Broken Flower

Oh! wear it on thy heart, my love!
Still, still a little while!
Sweetness is lingering in its leaves,
Though faded be their smile.
Yet, for the sake of what hath been,
Oh, cast it not away!
'T was born to grace a summer scene,
A long, bright, golden day,
My love!
A long, bright, golden day!

A little while around thee, love!
Its fragrance yet shall cling,
Telling, that on thy heart hath lain
A fair, though faded thing.
But not even that warm heart hath power
To win it back from fate, -
Oh! I am like thy broken flower,
Cherish'd too late, too late,
My love!
Cherish'd alas! too late!

Felicia Hemans . 1793-1835

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Felicia Hemans
born 1793, died 1835

Poems

The Death-Day Of Koerner
The Name Of England
The Homes Of England
England's Dead
Sister! Since I Met Thee Last
Mother! Oh, Sing Me To Rest
The Broken Flower
The Child's First Grief

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