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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CHINESE GARDEN, by MARGARET HOLLAND
First Line: Passion flowers entwine the orange trees
Last Line: Pay homage to arbutus fair and bright.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening
First Line: Passion flowers entwine the orange trees
Last Line: Pay homage to arbutus fair and bright.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening
Passion flowers entwine the orange trees --
Gay buds nod and whisper in the breeze.
Peacocks flaunt along the dewy grass,
And ivory carvers kowtow as they pass.
Blue kingfishers sing in almond trees,
A speckled trout swims in a jade-green pool.
A vagrant butterfly sways, poised on wing,
And drowsy children seek the shadows cool.
Fireflies flicker in the tallow trees --
"Lamps of mercy" shedding their faint light.
Where dwarf oaks, on prayerful knees,
Pay homage to arbutus fair and bright.
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