<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=576937" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Last Of The Romantics</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Romanticism is dying away, <br>Those of us it was bred into are<br>Being snuffed out of society<br>The days of practicing propriety have come to an end<br>So slowly we dwindle away<br>We are the last petals on the red rose<br>Drifting away one by one<br>Our profession, that of the helpless romantic<br>Is no longer wanted<br>We are no longer wanted<br>We are no longer needed<br>Our deeds were not heeded<br>Common courting of the day consists of<br>Getting torn up then tearing that ass up<br>There is no more wining and dining<br>Or the holding of doors and pulling out chairs<br>Candle light dinners, or nights spent under the stars<br>The era of the “gentleman” has come to an end<br>Passion and compassion seeped out of society as drugs took their place<br>So where did all the poets and the playwrights go? <br>I think we need another Shakespeare or a Frost<br>And a Romeo and Juliet of the modern age<br>Another death to wake the world might be what we need<br>But either way it will be a death, most likely ours<br>So as the last petal falls this I leave to you, <br> sad thoughts from a helpless romantic no longer practicing his profession</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Christopher+Taber">Christopher Taber</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=576937" data-title="The Last Of The Romantics de Christopher Taber" data-description="Romanticism is dying away, Those of us it was bred into are Being snuffed out of society The days of practicing propriety have come to an end So slowly we dwindle away We are the last petals on the red rose Drifting away one by one Our profession..."></div> </div> </div>

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