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SONGS OF THE WIVES OF SOLOMON: THE ESCAPE, by                    
First Line: I have run through the great gates of the garden into
Last Line: Remained in the shining garden alone in the spring night.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dewing, Elizabeth Bartol; Dewing, E. B.
Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Love; Spring


I have run through the great gates of the garden into the closed court
And from the court to the palace,
And down within the palace to the room with the barred windows—
Barred upon the passageway which itself is barred—
the innermost room—
And I am weary with my flight.
But not as weary as had I remained in the garden without you, beloved—
The garden where the marsh frogs call
And the mist lies in veils
And the flowers are white beneath the curved moon.

I fear the darkness which is not blank,
The darkness afloat with the things that creep—
Creep and scamper and whisk in the walls—
And I touch moss, damp like hair in a frost.
I feel the shadows dense in their degrees,
I wait for the morning which I may not tell,
And I am weary with my fright.
But not as weary as had I remained in the garden when
you did not come, beloved—
Remained in the shining garden alone in the spring night.





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