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THE GARDEN OF LOVE, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE, by         Recitation     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: I went to the garden of love
Last Line: And binding with briars my joys & desires.
Subject(s): Bible; Despair; Mythology; Religion; Theology


I went to the Garden of Love,
And saw what I never had seen:
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.

And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
And "Thou shalt not" writ over the door;
So I turn'd to the Garden of Love,
That so many sweet flowers bore,

And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tomb-stones where flowers should be:
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars my joys & desires.




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