Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FAERY SONG: 1, by JOHN KEATS


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First Line: Shed no tear! O shed no tear!
Last Line: Adieu, adieu!
Variant Title(s): Fairy's Song


SHED no tear--O shed no tear!
The flower will bloom another year.
Weep no more--O weep no more!
Young buds sleep in the root's white core.
Dry your eyes--O dry your eyes,
For I was taught in Paradise
To ease my breast of melodies--
Shed no tear.

Overhead--look overhead
'Mong the blossoms white and red--
Look up, look up--I flutter now
On this flush pomegranate bough--
See me--'tis this silvery bill
Ever cures the good man's ill--
Shed no tear--O shed no tear!
The flower will bloom another year.
Adieu--Adieu--I fly, adieu,
I vanish in the heaven's blue--
Adieu, Adieu!





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