Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


THE FLOWERING ORCHARD; SILK EMBROIDERY by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896)

Poet Analysis

First Line: LO SILKEN MY GARDEN
Last Line: WHEN SUMMER WAS HOT!
Subject(s): LABOR & LABORERS; ORCHARDS; WORK; WORKERS;

LO SILKEN MY GARDEN,
and silken my sky,
And silken my apple-boughs
hanging on high;
All wrought by the Worm
in the peasant carle's cot
On the Mulberry leafage
when summer was hot!



Home: PoetryExplorer.net