"On a Faded Violet", by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Channel: Ancient Literature Dude
Date: 2019-01-24

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I. 
The odour from the flower is gone 
Which like thy kisses breathed on me; 
The colour from the flower is flown 
Which glowed of thee and only thee! 

II. 
A shrivelled, lifeless, vacant form, 
It lies on my abandoned breast, 
And mocks the heart which yet is warm, 
With cold and silent rest. 

III. 
I weep,--my tears revive it not! 
I sigh,--it breathes no more on me; 
Its mute and uncomplaining lot 
Is such as mine should be.