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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENVIRONMENT, by ROSELLE MERCIER MONTGOMERY Poet's Biography
First Line: There is a walled-in garden all about
Last Line: And oh! The gate is locked; I have no key!
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening
First Line: There is a walled-in garden all about
Last Line: And oh! The gate is locked; I have no key!
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening
THERE is a walled-in garden all about
The house—the old, old house in which I live—
And all the passing world is shut without!
Here in the house my painted forbears give
Approval, as they hang there in their frames,
To the well-ordered courses of my day,
The hours of which in turn present their claims
And keep me on my calm, appointed way.
My garden flowers all are very fair,
And all my garden paths are prim and neat;
In envy through the fence the passers stare—
I hear their echoing footsteps in the street.
But one, without, is calling, calling me,—
And oh! the gate is locked; I have no key!
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