Death & Dying
Translation of an Epitaph on Rosa, Countess of Warwick
From The Poetical Works (1899)
Death & Dying
Rose of the world ! thy tender bloom
Will live no more in earthly bower,
The grave hath drank the sweet perfume
Which once was thine, thou lovely flower !
Yet thou hast left this place of tears,
To breathe in sweetness purer air,
For thou shalt bloom in happier spheres,
And none shall steal thy fragrance there !
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Hawker, Robert Stephen. “Translation of an Epitaph on Rosa, Countess of Warwick.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hawker_rs/151/.
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Hawker, Robert Stephen. “Translation of an Epitaph on Rosa, Countess of Warwick.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hawker_rs/151/.
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