Girl in the Garden and "Song"
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| Mary Cassatt, Girl in the Garden, 1880 |
Songby Edmund Waller
Go,
lovely rose!
Tell her that wastes her time and me,
That
now she knows,
When I resemble her to thee,
How
sweet and fair she seems to be.
Tell
her that’s young,
And shuns to have her graces spied,
That
hadst thou sprung
In deserts, where no men abide,
Thou
must have uncommended died.
Small
is the worth
Of beauty from the light retired;
Bid
her come forth,
Suffer herself to be desired,
And
not blush so to be admired.
Then
die! that she
The common fate of all things rare
May
read in thee;
How small a part of time they share
That
are so wondrous sweet and fair!
Editor's Note: Students were asked to match a poem to a picture. They could do so with or without comment; they could be serious or playful. We will leave it to our dear readers to make the connection.
Editor's Note: Students were asked to match a poem to a picture. They could do so with or without comment; they could be serious or playful. We will leave it to our dear readers to make the connection.
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