Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LILACS AND JONQUILS, by SARAH SHOOK HUGHLETT


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LILACS AND JONQUILS, by                    
First Line: Around my doorway jonquils bloomed
Last Line: Guard beauty past her doom.
Subject(s): Flowers


Around my doorway jonquils bloomed,
And lilacs down a lane
Made entrance to a paradise
I shall not own again.

I shall not own again . . . And yet
It still is truly mine,
Against all landlords who have bought,
In spite of deeds I sign.

Still all my own the jonquils bloom,
And lilacs down the lane,
On sunny mornings wet with dew,
Still wake the old refrain.

From joy's o'erbrimming cups I drink
In every jonquil's bloom;
And lilacs down the lanes of time
Guard beauty past her doom.





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