<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=455651" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Sonnet -- The Snow-Drop</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">THOU meekest emblem of the infant year,<br>Why droops so cold and wan thy fragrant head ?<br>Ah ! why retiring to thy frozen bed,<br>Steals from thy silky leaves the trembling tear ? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Day's op'ning eye shall warm thy gentle breast,<br>Revive thy timid charms and sickly hue;<br>Thy drooping buds shall drink the morning dew,<br>And bloom again by glowing PHOEBUS drest; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Or should the midnight damp, with icy breath, <br>Nip thy pale check, and bow thee to the ground, <br>Or the bleak winds thy blossoms scatter round,<br>And all thy modest beauties fade to death;<br>E'en in decay thy spotless sweets shall rise,<br>And midst AURORA'S TEARS evap'rate IN THE SKIES.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Mary+Darby+Robinson">Mary Darby Robinson</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=455651" data-title="Sonnet -- The Snow-Drop de Mary Darby Robinson" data-description="THOU meekest emblem of the infant year, Why droops so cold and wan thy fragrant head ? Ah ! why retiring to thy frozen bed, Steals from thy silky leaves the trembling tear ? Day's op'ning eye shall warm thy gentle breast, Revive thy timid charms..."></div> </div> </div>

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