THERE is a garden where lilies And roses are side by side; And all day between them in silence The silken butterflies glide. I may not enter the garden, Though I know the road thereto; And morn by morn to the gateway I see the children go. They bring back light on their faces; But they cannot bring back to me What the lilies say to the roses, Or the songs of the butterflies be. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL HESTER PRYNNE? by KAREN SWENSON I HAVE SEEN THE SPRING' by SARA TEASDALE THE FLESH AND THE SPIRIT by ANNE BRADSTREET GOD'S GARDEN by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON THE LITTLE BLACK-EYED REBEL by WILLIAM MCKENDREE CARLETON |