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Poem
May 1, 1840
Southern Christian Advocate
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
A blind girl reflects on the beauty of a rose experienced through fragrance rather than sight, likening it to a fleeting sigh, and cherishes her father's pitying tear over jewels given to her.
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THE ROSE.
A SONG OF THE BLIND GIRL.
If this delicious, grateful flower,
Which blooms but for a little hour,
Should to the sight as lovely be,
As from its fragrance seems to me,
A sight must then its color show,
For that's the softest joy I know;
But sure the rose is like the sigh,
Born just to soothe, and then to die.
My father, when his fortune smiled,
With jewels decked his sightless child;
Their glittering worth the world might see
But ah! they shone no charms for me:
Still though the present failed to charm,
A trickling drop bedewed my arm;
And sure the GEM to me MOST DEAR
WAS A KIND FATHER'S PITYING TEAR.
A SONG OF THE BLIND GIRL.
If this delicious, grateful flower,
Which blooms but for a little hour,
Should to the sight as lovely be,
As from its fragrance seems to me,
A sight must then its color show,
For that's the softest joy I know;
But sure the rose is like the sigh,
Born just to soothe, and then to die.
My father, when his fortune smiled,
With jewels decked his sightless child;
Their glittering worth the world might see
But ah! they shone no charms for me:
Still though the present failed to charm,
A trickling drop bedewed my arm;
And sure the GEM to me MOST DEAR
WAS A KIND FATHER'S PITYING TEAR.
What sub-type of article is it?
Song
What themes does it cover?
Nature Seasons
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Blind Girl
Rose Fragrance
Father's Tear
Pity
Jewels
Sightless
Poem Details
Title
The Rose.
Subject
A Song Of The Blind Girl.
Form / Style
Rhymed Couplets
Key Lines
But Sure The Rose Is Like The Sigh,
Born Just To Soothe, And Then To Die.
And Sure The Gem To Me Most Dear
Was A Kind Father's Pitying Tear.