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GARDEN LORE by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON

First Line: THERE'S A FLOWERY SHRUB THE MAY BRINGS
Last Line: "WHEN YOUR LADY COMES!"
Subject(s): GARDENS & GARDENING; HAPPINESS; HEARTS; MAY (MONTH); JOY; DELIGHT;
THERE'S a flowery shrub the May brings
(Never mind the name),
'Tis enough to know its color sings
Like a living flame;

And my heart sings, looking at it there
In my garden small;
Of the growths so many and so fair,
Fairest of them all.

For, what time I stood and asked the bloom:
"Shall I ever be
Happier than in this scented room
I am now with thee?"

Then, uplifting graciously the head
(How the garden hums!)
Soft but clear the flowery creature said:
"When your lady comes!"



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