<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341464" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The flower, full blown, now bends the stalk, now breaks</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The flower, full blown, now bends the stalk, now breaks;<br>The mellow fruit inclines the bough to earth;<br>The brow which thought impregnates ofttimes aches;<br>Death-stricken is the womb in giving birth.<br>Cracked is the vase by heat which doth illume,<br>The driest logs the swiftest burn to nought,<br>Sweet flowers are stifled by their own perfume,<br>And bees when honey-clogged are easy caught.<br>Snapped are true chords e'en by the note they give,<br>The largest wave is broken by its weight,<br>Choked by its sheer sufficiency the sieve,<br>And blunted soon the shaft which flieth straight.<br>And so the largest mind and richest soul<br>Are always most amenable to dole.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Alfred+Austin">Alfred Austin</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341464" data-title="The flower, full blown, now bends the stalk, now breaks de Alfred Austin" data-description="The flower, full blown, now bends the stalk, now breaks; The mellow fruit inclines the bough to earth; The brow which thought impregnates ofttimes aches; Death-stricken is the womb in giving birth. Cracked is the vase by heat which doth illume, Th..."></div> </div> </div>

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