Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A GARDEN, by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS First Line: My love is red as oleander Last Line: Were meeter for my love to sing! Alternate Author Name(s): Marzials, Theo; Marzials, Theophile Jules Henri Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Hearts; Love; Soul | ||||||||
My love is red as oleander, And whiter than the rose, And pure as never was such candour In any flower that grows, And fresh and sweet as never was The sweetness of azaleas. If I might lie beside the bed Where all such shrubs do sprout, And round my heart and soul and head Their virtues wreathe about, Methinks the songs that thence would spring Were meeter for my love to sing! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRUEL FALCON by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE WHOLE SOUL by PHILIP LEVINE I KNOW MY SOUL by CLAUDE MCKAY HONORING THE SAND; IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL by ROBERT BLY THE CHINESE PEAKS; FOR DONALD HALL by ROBERT BLY THE LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE EXHUMATION by ANNE CARSON A COURT-MINSTREL by THEOPHILE JULIUS HENRY MARZIALS |
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