Is it from a poem?
It's literal meaning is clear.Rarely to see it in use of this way.Perhaps it is used here as an extension of the idiom "the bloom is off",which means "the excitement,enjoyment,has ended or been dampened."
Is it from a poem?
It's literal meaning is clear.Rarely to see it in use of this way.Perhaps it is used here as an extension of the idiom "the bloom is off",which means "the excitement,enjoyment,has ended or been dampened."