Nature
Ah, be not vain. In yon flower-bell
From The Poets and the Poetry of the Century, ed. Alfred H. Miles
Nature
Ah, be not vain. In yon flower-bell.
As rare a pearl, did I appear,
As ever grew in ocean shell,
To dangle at a Helen's ear.
So was I till a cruel blast
Arose and swept me to the ground,
When, in a jewel of the past,
Earth but a drop of water found.
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Skipsey, Joseph. “Ah, be not vain. In yon flower-bell.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/skipsey/16/.
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Skipsey, Joseph. “Ah, be not vain. In yon flower-bell.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/skipsey/16/.
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