Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO WINKLE, by VILDA SAUVAGE OWENS


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I'VE NEVER BEEN TO WINKLE, by                    
First Line: I've never been to winkle, but
Last Line: London pride.
Subject(s): Flowers; London


I've never been to Winkle, but
Well I know
What I shall find if
Ever I go --
A rose-hung door that is
Trying to hide
From a gay little pathway
(Not too wide)
With border of cockles,
Marigold, gilliflower,
Blue periwinkle, and
London Pride.

My little house in Winkle has a
Roof of thatch,
Where silvery lichens
Cling and catch
The fluttering gold that
Every breeze
Shakes from the tall
Laburnum trees.
And musk and marjoram,
Lavender, honeysuckle,
Drift through the lattice,
Just to please.

I'll never go to Winkle! I
Never could bear
To find that my little house
Never was there.
So I'll dream by the fire when the
Day has died,
Of a gay little pathway
(Not too wide)
With border of cockles,
Marigold, gilliflower,
Blue periwinkle, and
London Pride.





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