Petals - A poem by Amy Lowell


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Amy Lowell - Petals

Life is a stream
On which we strew
Petal by petal the flower of our heart;
The end lost in dream,
They float past our view,
We only watch their glad, early start.
Freighted with hope,
Crimsoned with joy,
We scatter the leaves of our opening rose;
Their widening scope,
Their distant employ,
We never shall know.  And the stream as it flows
Sweeps them away,
Each one is gone
Ever beyond into infinite ways.
We alone stay
While years hurry on,
The flower fared forth, though its fragrance still stays.

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Petals - Comments and Information
Poet: Amy Lowell (Amy Lowell Art) Poem: 5. Petals Volume: A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass - Lyrical Poems Comment 7 of 7, added on April 28th, 2009 at 5:46 PM. OMG is poem got me like addicted to it!!!! I literally just used this poem for my project, too! I kept feeling as if it meant something "special." I also think that this poem is better for a mother and father who have children. :) jollyfan from United States Comment 6 of 7, added on December 2nd, 2008 at 2:53 PM. i love dis poem soo much! it means alot niamh from Ireland Comment 5 of 7, added on April 6th, 2006 at 9:07 AM. this poem is great i really liked it :D im using it for my school project ANgelarific from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Petals, has received 7 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Amy Lowell with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Amy Lowell Poem: 5. Petals Volume: A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass - Lyrical Poems Last read: Dec 11 2009, 4:01PM Viewed 16009 times. Added on April 6th, 2006 at 9:07 AM.

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