Death & Dying
Soon Does the Lily of the Valley Die
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Death & Dying
Soon does the lily of the valley die,
Later the rose droops o'er her family,
Fresh children press about her couch of moss,
And she forgets, as they repair, her loss.
The hapless lily none such comfort knows,
But sinks the paler at the sight of rose.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Soon Does the Lily of the Valley Die.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/952/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Soon Does the Lily of the Valley Die.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/952/.
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