FAIREST flower, all flowers excelling, Which in Milton's page we see; Flowers of Eve's embower'd dwelling Are, my fair-one, types of thee. Mark, my Polly, how the roses Emulate thy damask cheek; How the bud its sweets discloses—— Buds thy opening bloom bespeak. Lilies are by plain direction Emblems of a double kind; Emblems of thy fair complexion, Emblems of thy fairer mind. But, dear girl, both flowers and beauty Blossom, fade, and die away; Then pursue good sense and duty, Evergreens! which ne'er decay. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STARLIGHT NIGHT by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE ENCHANTMENT by THOMAS OTWAY THE MEMORY OF THE HEART by DANIEL WEBSTER WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, BY OUR OWN TOM DALY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE BRIDE AND GROOM by WILLIAM EDWARD ADAMS |