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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN OLD FRONT YARD, by JESSIE GIDLEY CARTER
First Line: Flushed peonies bend above the flagstones gray
Last Line: As in those radiant, roselit junes of old.
Subject(s): Plants; Wellesley College; Planting; Planters
First Line: Flushed peonies bend above the flagstones gray
Last Line: As in those radiant, roselit junes of old.
Subject(s): Plants; Wellesley College; Planting; Planters
FLUSHED peonies bend above the flagstones gray;
White roses guard the quaintly panelled door,
Which widely welcomed, in sweet days of yore,
Both high and humble, calm, or grave, or gay.
Ah! many who have wandered far away
Bearing from hence some peace unknown before,
Have longed to rest by the flower-bright fence once more;
To pass the gate; as I did yesterday.
Once more I saw slim ferns in their fairy green,
Wistaria wreaths, bright wavering poppy flame,
Daisies, sweet pinks, dark pansies brushed with gold;
Glad orioles flashed the eastern elms between;
I dreamed it would forever be the same
As in those radiant, roselit Junes of old.
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