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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YOUR GARDEN, by THEODORA ROSCOE
First Line: The violets are here to be picked
Last Line: A breath?
Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening
First Line: The violets are here to be picked
Last Line: A breath?
Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening
The violets are here to be picked,
Your violets,
Large and purple and smelling sweet,
And the aconites have come out
Beneath the trees,
Your aconites.
In the southern border under the wall
Are delicate iris stylosa, filmy and fragrant,
Your irises.
O gentle, lovely spirit that tended these flowers,
Where are you?
You cannot have left all these that were a part of you.
Are you mingled with them,
A fragrance?
A breath?
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