Song is very brief and links people in different stages of life to flowers. Roses and young people are matched and laurels are paired with people in their prime. The narrator has grown old before her time and chooses to be represented by ivy leaves.
The second verse links flowers with the age of people when they die. Young graves are covered with violets, graves of people in their prime are adorned with bay leaves and the narrator's grave is strewn with ivy leaves.....
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