Death & Dying
A Lament
From Poems, Posthumous and Collected (1851)
Death & DyingNature
In the twilight, silent smiled
All alone the daisy's eyelid,
Fringed with pink-tipped petals piled.
—In the morning 'twas no more;
In its place a gout of gore.
Break of day was break of heart,
Since, dear maiden, dead thou art.
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Codex Note
Seven lines on a daisy that was open at twilight and gone by morning, so that daybreak becomes heartbreak for the dead maiden.
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Beddoes, Thomas Lovell. “A Lament.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/beddoes/11/.
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Beddoes, Thomas Lovell. “A Lament.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/beddoes/11/.
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