Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A GARDEN OF SPICES, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poet's Biography First Line: All odors sweet of spice and balm Last Line: That we, dear lord, are thine. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Flowers; Gardens & Gardening; Love | ||||||||
ALL odors sweet of spice and balm, All breath of flower and vine, To-day have found their way, O Lord, To these fair fields of thine. The earth is radiant as a bride In broidered garments dressed; She wears thy glory like a gem Upon her happy breast. From cliff and dell a song goes up In every wind that blows; We hear it in the morning's joy, And in the night's repose. Each bird that pours his gladness out, Each moth that rustles by, Hath part within the strain of praise Clear thrilling to the sky. Lord, pardon us for little faith, Revive our drooping love; Still pardon us, if weak and faint The hymns we lift above. Within thy summer garden we Oft walk in winter's gloom. Oh, let the sun that warms the sod, Our shadowed souls illume. Then shall we bring forth fruit for thee, We, joined to heavenly Vine; And still our grateful song shall be, That we, dear Lord, are thine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME? by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER |
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