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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Poet: Amy Lowell Poem: 5. Petals Volume: A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass - Lyrical Poems Comment 5 of 5, 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 Comment 4 of 5, added on April 5th, 2006 at 5:30 PM. This poem is one of the best that I have ever read and I love it so much. It just make my tears water up. September from United States Comment 3 of 5, added on February 28th, 2006 at 12:24 PM. I can tell she likes the theater and nature!! Jenna 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 5 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: May 14 2008, 1:39PM Viewed 12836 times. Added on February 28th, 2006 at 12:24 PM.

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