The Dramatic Romances

A year ago, the streets were alive with celebration; roses and myrtle paved the way as the town rejoiced. Today tells a different tale—the excitement has faded to silence, leaving only memories of what was. Amidst the fervor, a solitary figure recalls leaping towards the sun, striving to capture its brilliance for those dear. Yet, their endeavor leaves them harvesting solitude, reflecting on actions taken and the fleeting nature of adulation. As the crowd's cheers subside, the realization dawns that what was once a spectacle has become a somber reflection on the ephemeral joy of yesterday.

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AN OLD STORY

I

It was roses, roses, all the way,

With myrtle mixed in my path like mad:

The house-roofs seemed to heave and sway,

The church-spires flamed, such flags they had,

A year ago on this very day.

II

The air broke into a mist with bells,

The old walls rocked with the crowd and cries.

Had I said, "Good folk, mere noise repels—

But give me your sun from yonder skies!"

They had answered, "And afterward, what else?"

III

Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun

To give it my loving friends to keep!

Nought man could do, have I left undone:

And you see my harvest, what I reap

This very day, now a year is run.
IV

There's nobody on the house-tops now—

Just a palsied few at the windows set;

For the best of the sight is, all allow,

At the Shambles' Gate—or, better yet,

By the very scaffold's foot, I trow.

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