Here you will find the Poem Thy Beauty Fades of poet Jones Very
Thy beauty fades and with it too my love, For 'twas the self-same stalk that bore its flower; Soft fell the rain, and breaking from above The sun looked out upon our nuptial hour; And I had thought forever by thy side With bursting buds of hope in youth to dwell, But one by one Time strewed thy petals wide, And every hope's wan look a grief can tell: For I had thoughtless lived beneath his sway, Who like a tyrant dealeth with us all, Crowning each rose, though rooted on decay, With charms that shall the spirit's love enthral, And for a season turn the soul's pure eyes From virtue's changeless bloom that time and death defies.
