<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=359180" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Azalea</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">There, where the sun shines first<br>Against our room,<br>She train'd the gold Azalea, whose perfume<br>She, Spring-like, from her breathing grace dispersed.<br>Last night the delicate crests of saffron bloom,<br>For this their dainty likeness watch'd and nurst,<br>Were just at point to burst.<br>At dawn I dream'd, O God, that she was dead,<br>And groan'd aloud upon my wretched bed,<br>And waked, ah, God, and did not waken her,<br>But lay, with eyes still closed,<br>Perfectly bless'd in the delicious sphere<br>By which I knew so well that she was near,<br>My heart to speechless thankfulness composed.<br>Till 'gan to stir<br>A dizzy somewhat in my troubled head--<br>It was the azalea's breath, and she was dead!<br>The warm night had the lingering buds disclosed,<br>And I had fall'n asleep with to my breast<br>A chance-found letter press'd<br>In which she said,<br>'So, till to-morrow eve, my Own, adieu!<br>Parting's well-paid with soon again to meet,<br>Soon in your arms to feel so small and sweet,<br>Sweet to myself that am so sweet to you!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Coventry+Patmore">Coventry Patmore</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=359180" data-title="The Azalea de Coventry Patmore" data-description="There, where the sun shines first Against our room, She train'd the gold Azalea, whose perfume She, Spring-like, from her breathing grace dispersed. Last night the delicate crests of saffron bloom, For this their dainty likeness watch'd and nurst,..."></div> </div> </div>

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