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by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956)

Two Gardens
Language: English 
Two Gardens see! this of enchanted flowers,
Strange to the eye, and more than earthly sweet;
Small rivulets running, song re-echoing bowers:
And green walled pathways which, ere parting, meet;
And there a lion like sun in heaven's delight
Breathes plenitude from day spring to the night.

The other: walls obscure and chases of trees,
Ilex and yew, and dream-enticing dark,
Hid pools, moths, creeping odours, silentness,
Luna its deity, and its watchword, Hark! Hark
A still and starry mystery, wherein move
Phantoms of ageless wonder and of love.

Two gardens for two children in one mind:
But ah, how seldom open now their gates I find!

Text Authorship:

  • by Walter De la Mare (1873 - 1956) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Betty Roe (b. 1930), "Two Gardens", published 1993 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-10-15
Line count: 14
Word count: 107

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