Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FORSAKEN, by AGNES STRICKLAND


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First Line: The bloom of youth had faded from her face
Last Line: A broken heart and early grave foretell.
Subject(s): Old Age; Women


The bloom of youth had faded from her face,
And left her features tintless as the pale
New fallen blossoms, which the chilling gale
Of March has rudely scattered; every trace
Of joy had fled, and well, in touching grace,
Resembled she some lily of the vale,
Plucked and then left to perish -- such the tale
Of her, in whose torn heart hope found no place.
The smiling luster of her eyes was flown
Or dimmed with weeping -- but she wept not now --
The found of tears had failed; her grief alone
Spoke in her sunken cheek and pensive brow,
And every sad expression that might well
A broken heart and early grave foretell.





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