Oh! Snatched Away in Beauty's Bloom
Lord Byron
1788 to 1824
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Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom,
On thee shall ______ no ponderous tomb;
But on thy turf shall roses ______
Their leaves, the earliest of the year;
And the ______ cypress wave in tender gloom:
And oft by yon ______ gushing stream
Shall Sorrow lean her drooping head,
And ______ deep thought with many a dream,
And lingering pause ______ lightly tread;
Fond wretch! as if her step disturbed ______ dead!
Away! we know that tears are vain,
That ______ nor heeds nor hears distress:
Will this unteach us ______ complain?
Or make one mourner weep the less?
And thou—who tell'st me to forget,
Thy looks are wan, thine ______ are wet.