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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FLOWERING ORCHARD; SILK EMBROIDERY, by WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Lo silken my garden
Last Line: When summer was hot!
Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Orchards; Work; Workers
First Line: Lo silken my garden
Last Line: When summer was hot!
Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Orchards; Work; Workers
LO SILKEN MY GARDEN,
and silken my sky,
And silken my apple-boughs
hanging on high;
All wrought by the Worm
in the peasant carle's cot
On the Mulberry leafage
when summer was hot!
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