Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG (2), by GEORGE MEREDITH


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First Line: No, no, the falling blossom is no sign
Last Line: The purer passion and the firmer faith.
Subject(s): Love; Love - Nature Of


No, no, the falling blossom is no sign
Of loveliness destroy'd and sorrow mute;
The blossom sheds its loveliness divine; --
Its mission is to prophecy the fruit.

Nor is the day of love for ever dead,
When young enchantment and romance are gone;
The veil is drawn, but all the future dread
Is lightened by the finger of the dawn.

Love moves with life along a darker way,
They cast a shadow and they call it death:
But rich is the fulfilment of their day;
The purer passion and the firmer faith.





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