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IN THE CONVENT GARDEN, by                    
First Line: Within the convent garden, at the dusk
Last Line: Near where the roses on the old wall dream.
Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Primroses; Roses


WITHIN the convent garden, at the dusk
Of day, when the pale yellow primrose blows,
And mignonette and violets and musk
Make fragrant all the garden's sweet repose,

Near where a wild-rose, trained along the wall
Of mossy stones, lets blossoms pink and sweet
In tangled masses through a crevice fall,
A nun reclines upon a carven seat.

Her long white robes just touch the lavender
That borders all the pathways, which the breeze
Has carpeted with petals pale and fair,
Blown like a petal snow from almond trees.

And through the garden's hush there comes the song
Of two gold-throated nightingales who seem
To sing their hearts out all the evening long,
Near where the roses on the old wall dream.





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