Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CARAVAN SONG, by THOMAS WALSH


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CARAVAN SONG, by                    
First Line: Tears for the jasmines, - tears to slake the roses
Last Line: Lo, how my task of tears is never done!
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Flowers; Pain; Suffering; Misery


TEARS for the jasmines,—tears to slake the roses
I bring thy garden through Love's desert sun;
Lo, how with bloom and scent each bud uncloses!—
Lo, how my task of tears is never done!





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