To A Lady With A Withered Violet

Joseph Rodman Drake 1795 (New York City) – 1820 (New York City)



THOUGH fate upon this faded flower
His withering hand has laid,
Its odour'd breath defies his power,
Its sweets are undecayed.
 
And thus, although thy warbled strains
No longer wildly thrill,
The memory of the song remains,
Its soul is with me still.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABAB CDCD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 258
Words 45
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

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