Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 243 of 258
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This is a printed poetry page numbered 225, featuring a complete poem titled "On Receiving a Branch of Mezereon Which Flowered at Woodstock," dated December 1809. The poem is a melancholic meditation on receiving early spring flowers during dark times, expressing both hope and despair. The speaker contemplates how the flowers promise brighter May days ahead, yet laments that they will not live to see them, ultimately suggesting death would be preferable to losing beloved friends. The verse employs regular rhyme scheme and reflects Romantic-era sensibility about nature, mortality, and emotional suffering.
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225 - ON RECEIVING A BRANCH OF MEZEREOQN WHICH FLOWERED AT WOODSTOCE. ~ December, 1809. a Ovours of Spring, my sense ye charm With fragrance premature ; And, mid these days of dark alarm, Almost to hope allure. Methinks with purpose soft ye come To tell of brighter hours, Of May’s blue skies, abundant bloom, Her sunny gales and showers. ~~ Alas! for me shall May in vain The powers of life restore ; ‘These eyes that weep and watch in pain Shall see her charms no more. No, no, this anguish cannot last! Reloved friends, adieu! The bitterness of death were past, Could I resign but you. Comichdooksnheom