Thy beauty fades and with it too my love,
For 'twas the self-same stalk that bore its flower;
Soft fell the rain, and breaking from above
The sun looked out upon our nuptial hour;
And I had thought forever by thy side
With bursting buds of hope in youth to dwell,
But one by one Time strewed thy petals wide,
And every hope's wan look a grief can tell:
For I had thoughtless lived beneath his sway,
Who like a tyrant dealeth with us all,
Crowning each rose, though rooted on decay,
With charms that shall the spirit's love enthral,
And for a season turn the soul's pure eyes
From virtue's changeless bloom that time and death defies.
Thy Beauty Fades
Jones Very
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Poem topics: beauty, death, flower, grief, rain, rose, sun, forever, soul, wide, spirit, pure, Season, soft, thought, beneath, youth, bloom, hope, time, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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