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Sonnets by the Rev. Charles Strong | ||
XLVIII.
Raise, raise, dear gentle Flower, thy drooping head,
That gracious Heaven may open to thy view,
Cheer with its beams, refresh thee with its dew—
Look up, dear gentle Flower, be comforted.
That gracious Heaven may open to thy view,
Cheer with its beams, refresh thee with its dew—
Look up, dear gentle Flower, be comforted.
Set in His garden, by His bounty fed,
Whilst others by the way-side idly grew,
In purer air, among the chosen few,
Thou hast in strength and beauty flourished.
Whilst others by the way-side idly grew,
In purer air, among the chosen few,
Thou hast in strength and beauty flourished.
‘Ah, say, how droop not, if, in that same bower,
A loved one sink beneath such early doom,
That grew with me in sunshine, and in shower.’
A loved one sink beneath such early doom,
That grew with me in sunshine, and in shower.’
Ere the full fragrance, and immortal bloom
Of that fair world be Hers, dear weeping Flower,
Thy loved One must be gathered to the tomb.
Of that fair world be Hers, dear weeping Flower,
Thy loved One must be gathered to the tomb.
Sonnets by the Rev. Charles Strong | ||