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OCTAVES IN A GARDEN: 4 by ARTHUR W. UPSON

First Line: AS ONE WHOSE ROAD WINDS UPWARD TURNS HIS FACE
Last Line: FROM THE ASSEMBLY OF MY THOUGHTS AND DAYS.
Subject(s): GARDENS & GARDENING; OXFORD, ENGLAND;

As one whose road winds upward turns his face
Unto the valleys where he late hath stood,
Leaning upon his staff in peace to brood
On many a beauty of the distant place,
So I in this cool garden pause a space,
Reviewing many things in many a mood,
Accumulating friends in solitude
From the assembly of my thoughts and days.



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