I walked in a garden of beauty today. All nature was working silently Weaving the mantle that makes life worthwhile— So there in a rose I found your smile, Deep down in the crimson hue Sublime likeness dear of you. Its petals soft and beauteous hold Love for you I fondly fold; Fragrance and the morning dew Seem to know that I love you; Singing birds high in a tree— Your voice entwines the melody. A gilded butterfly soars and dips In delicate caverns of cupped tulips. I seek your lovely hand to hold— Instead is reached kind marigold. There will I spend unnumbered hours For you are my queen among the flowers. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WRECK OF THE CIRCUS TRAIN by HAYDEN CARRUTH CALLING DREAMS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON COMPANIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON LOVE'S TENDRILS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ON THE PROPOSAL TO ERECT A MONUMENT IN ENGLAND TO LORD BYRON by EMMA LAZARUS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: TOM MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |