Poems (Katharine Elizabeth Howard)/In the dear garden of my dreams
In the dear garden of my dreams
Are rhododendrons and pale lilies tall,
And roses ripening 'gainst the sunkissed wall.
Their little gleams of brightness shine
Entangled mid their burnished leaves,
And languishing the clasping vine
Each perfumed breath receives.
The peacock stands a lordly sight,
With his metallic plumage bright
Reflected in the quivering light;—
So bright his rainbow colour gleams
That all the glory of him seems
To centralize the sunny beams
In the dear garden of my dreams.
Are rhododendrons and pale lilies tall,
And roses ripening 'gainst the sunkissed wall.
Their little gleams of brightness shine
Entangled mid their burnished leaves,
And languishing the clasping vine
Each perfumed breath receives.
The peacock stands a lordly sight,
With his metallic plumage bright
Reflected in the quivering light;—
So bright his rainbow colour gleams
That all the glory of him seems
To centralize the sunny beams
In the dear garden of my dreams.