Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 66 of 258
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# Page 48: Poetry Excerpt This is a page of running verse (page 48 of a larger work). The text is a romantic poem addressing flowers associated with mythological figures—Adonis, Phoebus, and others—before shifting to describe a sorrowful female character wandering through a spring landscape. She seeks rest but is tormented by memories of an absent lover, her heart "poisoned" by regret, unable to sleep, and crying continuously. The poem concludes with her appearing "banished from his love for ever." The work appears to be sentimental Victorian verse, possibly narrative poetry embedded within a penny dreadful's serialized story.
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48 Thy flowers, Adonis! bright vermillion shew ; ‘ { Still for his love the yellow Crocus pines ; There, while indignant blushes seem to glow, Beloved by Phebus his Acanthus shines; Reseda still her drooping head reclines With faithful homage to his golden rays, And, though mid clouds their lustre he resigns, An image of the constant heart displays, While silent still she turns her fond pursuing gaze. And every sweet that Spring with fairy hands » - Scatters in thy green path, enchanting May!. | And every flowering shrub there clustering stands As though they wooed her to a short delay, , Yielding a charm to sooth her weary way ; Soft was the tufted moss, and sweet the breeze, With lulling sound the murmuring waters play, With lulling sound from all the rustling trees The fragrant gale invites to cool refreshing ease. There as she sought repose, her sorrowing heart Recalled her absent love with bitter sighs ; Regret had deeply fixed the poisoned dart, Which ever rankling in her bosom lies ; In vain she seeks to close her weary eyes, Those eyes still swim incessantly in tears, ‘ Hope in her cheerless bosom fading dies, * Distracted by a thousand-cruel fears, . iVhile banished from his love for ever she appears. \ lp Comichbooks.;com