Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GARDEN REFUSED, by EDITH BLAND NESBIT


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THE GARDEN REFUSED, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There is a garden, made for our delight
Last Line: Oh dewy lawns untrodden by our feet!
Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Socialism


THERE is a garden, made for our delight,
Where all the dreams we dare not dream come true.
I know it, but I do not know the way.
We slip and stumble in the doubtful night,
Where everything is difficult and new,
And clouds our breath has made obscure the day.
The blank, unhappy towns, where sick men strive,
Still doing work that yet is never done,
The hymns to Gold that drown their desperate voice:
The weeds that grow where once corn stood alive,
The black injustice that puts out the sun;
These are our portion, since they are our choice.
Yet there the garden blows, with rose on rose,
The sunny shadow-dappled lawns are there,
There the immortal lilies, heavenly-sweet.
Oh roses that for us shall not unclose!
Oh lilies that we shall not pluck or wear!
Oh dewy lawns untrodden by our feet!







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