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Poem
November 15, 1858
Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
A melancholic poem lamenting loneliness, the death of friendship's flowers, rejection from pleasure, mockery by hope, and false peace from love. Expresses deep despair on life's dark sea. Dated November 1858, attributed to 'GENEVIEVE.'
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I'm sad, I'm lone, there's none to cheer,
No one to speak of hope to me:
I feel that to me, life's not dear,
I am alone, on life's dark sea,
The flowers of Friendship, 'round my way,
Their sweetest perfumes, once did shed:
I look in vain, oh! shall I say,
I find her flowers now all dead.
To Pleasure's fount, she bade me come,
For her sweet waters, deep to drink.
I came; but still I find no home
From what she gives, I turn and shrink.
Hope, too, her richest treasures brought;
She bade me make them all my own.
I turn to grasp. Too late I'm taught
She only mocked; "and she's too's gone."
"Love's magic arms, she now stretched wide
She bade me to the rest I'd sought
Within her arms, I did abide:
Too late I find, "no peace she brought."
November, 1858.
"GENEVIEVE."
No one to speak of hope to me:
I feel that to me, life's not dear,
I am alone, on life's dark sea,
The flowers of Friendship, 'round my way,
Their sweetest perfumes, once did shed:
I look in vain, oh! shall I say,
I find her flowers now all dead.
To Pleasure's fount, she bade me come,
For her sweet waters, deep to drink.
I came; but still I find no home
From what she gives, I turn and shrink.
Hope, too, her richest treasures brought;
She bade me make them all my own.
I turn to grasp. Too late I'm taught
She only mocked; "and she's too's gone."
"Love's magic arms, she now stretched wide
She bade me to the rest I'd sought
Within her arms, I did abide:
Too late I find, "no peace she brought."
November, 1858.
"GENEVIEVE."
What sub-type of article is it?
Elegy
Ballad
What themes does it cover?
Friendship
Love Courtship
Death Mourning
What keywords are associated?
Loneliness
Lost Friendship
Disillusionment
False Hope
Unfulfilled Love
Despair
What entities or persons were involved?
"Genevieve."
Poem Details
Author
"Genevieve."
Form / Style
Rhymed Quatrains
Key Lines
I'm Sad, I'm Lone, There's None To Cheer,
No One To Speak Of Hope To Me:
I Feel That To Me, Life's Not Dear,
I Am Alone, On Life's Dark Sea,