Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OCTAVES IN AN OXFORD GARDEN: 29, by ARTHUR W. UPSON


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OCTAVES IN AN OXFORD GARDEN: 29, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: As those great petals burst asunder there
Last Line: "and never another bloom that tree may bear."
Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Nature


As those great petals burst asunder there
A wondrous fragrance on the breeze was fanned,
Solace unique of that unfriendly land
Wafted remote along the treasuring air.
But then, the old man said with trembling care,
A little raising his blue, withered hand,
"The flower droops straightway ere it doth expand,
And never another bloom that tree may bear."





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