III

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of A Dead Rose

The sun that used to smite thee,

And mix his glory in thy gorgeous urn,

Till beam appeared to bloom, and flower to burn,—

If shining now,—with not a hue would light thee.

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