A Dead Rose By Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Her poems were well respected and adored throughout her lifetime.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most remarkable poets of the Victorian era. The way she articulated her words is unequivocally precise.
Her poetry once called for great respect from Britain to the United States. According to her biography, Elizabeth Barrett Browning started writing poetry around the age of 6.
A Dead Rose by Elizabeth Barett Browning.
O Rose! who dares to name thee?
No longer roseate now, nor soft, nor sweet;
But pale, and hard, and dry, as stubble-wheat,---
Kept seven years in a drawer---thy titles shame thee.
The breeze that used to blow thee
Between the hedgerow thorns, and take away
An odour up the lane to last all day,---
If breathing now,---unsweetened would forego thee.
The sun that used to smite thee,
And mix his glory in thy gorgeous urn,
Till beam appeared to bloom, and flower to burn,---
If shining now,---with not a hue would light thee.
The dew that used to wet thee,
And, white first, grow incarnadined, because
It lay upon thee where the crimson was,---
If dropping now,---would darken where it met thee.
The fly that lit upon thee,
To stretch the tendrils of its tiny feet,
Along thy leaf's pure edges, after heat,---
If lighting now,---would coldly overrun thee.
The bee that once did suck thee,
And build thy perfumed ambers up his hive,
And swoon in thee for joy, till scarce alive,---
If passing now,---would blindly overlook thee.
The heart doth recognise thee,
Alone, alone! The heart doth smell thee sweet,
Doth view thee fair, doth judge thee most complete,---
Though seeing now those changes that disguise thee.
Yes, and the heart doth owe thee
More love, dead rose! than to such roses bold
As Julia wears at dances, smiling cold!---
Lie still upon this heart---which breaks below thee!
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Rose is one of the precious flower on earth. It can easily demonstrate your emotion and feelings to others.
I've asked you before @introvert-dime why you vote up all your own replies at basically full strength all the time, but the post itself at VERY low power (around 7% usually it seems) and here is the deal.
It is considered pretty scammy here to do that.
And you have been doing it a long time and it is time to address this poor behaviour.
Once in awhile is fine. Not all day, every day for weeks on end.
That is garbage behaviour here.
You seem to pick high profile posts, or users to do this on always and then vote your comments to the top increasing your visibility and you do this all day long, every day, all the time.
That is frowned upon here, not like you need someone to tell you this behaviour is scammy and poor.
I think I might start pasting this reply into your scammy replies to people, since your replies are all self-voted to the top for VISIBILITY. ALL THE TIME.
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This Reply posted April 3rd, 2018 to @introvert-dime, as I have done with them before..... without reply.
good job ..
Great post from you
Thanks for sharing
Wonderful choice of poetry. The inspiration I needed, thank you!
How could this not been detected by @cheetah? So does this mean we could copy paste Poems also and state a little bit of the biography of the author and get upvoted with such amount, just indicate the source of the poem?
Nice poem
Thank you for sharing her bio and her poem.
Hope your picture is very good and better,thanks....?
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nice art!
Let's say that there are two types of poetic minds: one apt to invent fables and another willing to believe them.