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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
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KING'S GARDEN, by LEONORA SPEYER Poet's Biography
First Line: Who was the royal ming
Last Line: As are the hands of gods.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Gardens & Gardening
First Line: Who was the royal ming
Last Line: As are the hands of gods.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Gardens & Gardening
Who was the royal Ming
That bade his tinkling musicians play
All through a wide and windy day
Of spring
To the royal flowers?
-- Bliss
Of tall iris,
Discreet applause
Of cherry and almond boughs
Along the ledges
Of sun-lacquered hours;
Pursed lily-pods
Out-lipping one by one,
And sudden hush
Amid the lush
Green sedges! --
There walked the king
Beneath the quivering
Leaves,
The weary players bidden
Play on and on,
With slight, imperial nods;
And in his satin sleeves
His hands, omniscient, hidden,
As are the hands of gods.
Other Poems of Interest...
IN DEFENSE OF OUR OVERGROWN GARDEN by MATTHEA HARVEY
NOVEMBER GARDEN: AN ELEGY by ANDREW HUDGINS
AN ENGLISH GARDEN IN AUSTRIA (SEEN AFTER DER ROSENKAVALIER) by RANDALL JARRELL
ACROSS THE BROWN RIVER by GALWAY KINNELL
A DESERTED GARDEN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS
NOT THE SWEET CICELY OF GERARDES HERBALL by MARGARET AVISON
AN OLD GARDEN by HERBERT BASHFORD