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OCTAVES IN AN OXFORD GARDEN: 10 by ARTHUR W. UPSON

First Line: PRIMROSE, AND PHLOX, AND CLYTIE (AS I CALL
Last Line: AND DISCORD DREAMWISE VANISH FROM IT ALL.
Subject(s): NATURE; OXFORD, ENGLAND; SUNFLOWERS;

Primrose, and Phlox, and Clytie (as I call
The lady Sunflower, never to forget
The faithful nymph she was — ah, yes, is yet!),
These sway unto its heartsome rise-and-fall
With ivies undulating up the wall;
And thought, to inarticulate rhythm set,
Joins harmony, while far the World's vain fret
And discord dreamwise vanish from it all.



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