On A Dead Violet

Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley 1792–1822

The odor from the flower is gone Which like thy kisses breathed on me; The color from the flower is flown Which glowed of thee and only thee!

A shrivelled, lifeless, vacant form, It lies on my abandoned breast; And mocks the heart, which yet is warm, With cold and silent rest.

I weep--my tears revive it not; I sigh--it breathes no more on me: Its mute and uncomplaining lot Is such as mine should be.

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  1. Juja Germany

    Isn't it called on a FADED violet?

  2. Christoper Baswell United Kingdom ↩ replying to Juja

    Yes Juja, the title of the peom is indeed called On a Faded Violet. The poem is symbolizing a faded flower to a beloved one who is now gone. Shelley is cheerless since the loved one is gone and comparing it to a dead flower.

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