Garden of Life, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Garden of Life, and Other Poems However far her eager feet Have wandered since She went, I know In spring they fain would turn to greet Our homely lilac's purple blow. Perhaps along Elysian ways She sees the asphodel unfold, And yet I think in spring she prays To find our dandelion's gold. Although in Heaven the atmosphere She breathes be sweet with perfume rare I know she longs, as spring draws near To scent our fruit blooms on the air. Though green the fields of Paradise, Its waters still, its pastures new, She sees 'mid all the glad surprise, Home meadows, cowslips, wet with dew. SO when life quickens, and I hear The reveille the bluebirds Sing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.