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Petals

Petals. by Amy Lowell. Life is a stream On which we strew Petal by petal the flower of our heart;. The end lost in dream, They float past our view, We watch their glad, early start. Freighted with hope, Crimsoned with joy, We scatter the opening rose;.

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Petals

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  1. Petals by Amy Lowell

  2. Life is a streamOn which we strewPetal by petal the flower of our heart;

  3. The end lost in dream,They float past our view,We watch their glad, early start.

  4. Freighted with hope,Crimsoned with joy,We scatter the opening rose;

  5. Their widening scope,Their distant employ,We never shall know. And the stream as it flows

  6. Sweeps them away, Each one is goneEver beyond into infinite ways.

  7. We alone stayWhile years hurry on,The flower fared forth, though its fragrance still stays.

  8. Lowell shows the connection between flower petals and human relationships.

  9. Life is a stream

  10. On which we strew Strew – litter, fill, cover, mess up

  11. Petal by petal the flower of our heart;

  12. The end lost in dream,

  13. They float past our view,

  14. We watch their glad, early start.

  15. Freighted with hope, Freighted – goods carried by a vessel, a burden, a load

  16. Crimsoned with joy,

  17. We scatter the opening rose; Scatter – to distribute loosely by or as if by sprinkling

  18. Their widening scope,

  19. Their distant employ, Employ – put to work; to put to use or service

  20. We never shall know. And the stream as it flows

  21. Sweeps them away,

  22. Each one is goneEver beyond into infinite ways. Infinite – no boundaries or limits

  23. We alone stay

  24. While years hurry on,

  25. The flower fared forth, though its fragrance still stays. Fared – to get along; to happen

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