In a wretched, lonely, desolate spot
That nursed and cherished and sheltered it not,
In a cold and wintry hour,
I found a delicate flower!
It was so frail and so fair to view-
So slender of stem, and so soft of hue!
Poor flower ! How came it there?
So frail!-so sweet!-so fair!
In the midst of a desert I found it,
With the cold scaring wind blowing round it-
And a cheerless heaven above!
I pitied-and pity was love.
I would have cherished that flower so dear,
In a scene more bright-‘neath a sky more clear.
The world came between us and parted;
How selfish!-how vain!-how cold-hearted!
Life is a blank when hope is o’er-
And now I have nothing to hope for more!
For the light of my being is flown,
And has left me dark and alone.
The years will pass and repass o’er my brow,
But they bring no hope and no gift for me now!
On me nor storm nor blast has power
Since they killed that delicate flower!
And I shall sink in the dark gulf of years-
In the sea of time-that deep sea of tears!
And those who wronged may then regret!
I will but ask them-to forget!
I scorn the love that comes too late-
For sooner would I bid them hate!
That would death’s dull hours beguile-
For I should then be calm-and smile!
(Ernest Jones)
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