Poems (Pizey)/On a faded Rose
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ON A FADED ROSE.
Behold that fading fragrant rose,
So late the garden's blooming pride,
Shedding around its silken clothes,
Which late with fairest beauty vied.
So late the garden's blooming pride,
Shedding around its silken clothes,
Which late with fairest beauty vied.
How true an emblem of our life,
So gay in youth, so frail and fair,
It tells mankind a simple truth,
That they too must for age prepare;
So gay in youth, so frail and fair,
It tells mankind a simple truth,
That they too must for age prepare;
That they must fade and die away,
And lie neglected and forgot,
Like the fair flower which blooms to day,
To-morrow,—withers on the spot.
And lie neglected and forgot,
Like the fair flower which blooms to day,
To-morrow,—withers on the spot.