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On A Faded Violet.

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1.     The odour from the flower is gone     Which like thy kisses breathed on me;     The colour from the flower is flown     Which glowed of thee and only thee!     2.     A shrivelled, lifeless, vacant form,     It lies on my abandoned breast,     And mocks the heart which yet is warm,     With cold and silent rest.     3.     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.     NOTES:     _1 odour]colour 1839.     _2 kisses breathed]sweet eyes smiled 1839.     _3 colour]odour 1839.     _4 glowed]breathed 1839.     _5 shrivelled]withered 1839.     _8 cold and silent all editions; its cold, silent Stacey manuscript.

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