| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Henry Austin Dobson. b. 1840 |
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| 824. A Garden Song |
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| HERE in this sequester'd close | |
| Bloom the hyacinth and rose, | |
| Here beside the modest stock | |
| Flaunts the flaring hollyhock; | |
| Here, without a pang, one sees | 5 |
| Ranks, conditions, and degrees. | |
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| All the seasons run their race | |
| In this quiet resting-place; | |
| Peach and apricot and fig | |
| Here will ripen and grow big; | 10 |
| Here is store and overplus,— | |
| More had not Alcinoüs! | |
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| Here, in alleys cool and green, | |
| Far ahead the thrush is seen; | |
| Here along the southern wall | 15 |
| Keeps the bee his festival; | |
| All is quiet else—afar | |
| Sounds of toil and turmoil are. | |
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| Here be shadows large and long; | |
| Here be spaces meet for song; | 20 |
| Grant, O garden-god, that I, | |
| Now that none profane is nigh,— | |
| Now that mood and moment please,— | |
| Find the fair Pierides! | |
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