No. 104. THE GARDENER

BLOOM, O my rose!
Bloom there where blows
The vernal, not autumnal, air,
Enough for me
At times to see
A flower an angel ought to wear.

Thy graceful jar
Was “rais’d afar
From that which holds my coarser clay,
Yet could thy smile
Warm it awhile
And melt the distance half away.