SECOND EDITION

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1916

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COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

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DEDICATED TO THE PRAISE OF THOSE AMERICAN

MEN AND WOMEN, OF WHATSOEVER

PERIOD, WHO HAVE PLANTED SO BEAUTIFULLY

THAT THEIR GARDENS ARE AN INSPIRATION

TO OTHERS IN ALL GENERATIONS

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IN GREEN OLD GARDENS

Here may I live what life I please,
Married and buried out of sight,
Married to pleasure, and buried to pain,
Hidden away amongst scenes like these
Under the fans of the chestnut trees:
Living my child-life over again,
With the further hope of a fuller delight,
Blithe as the birds and wise as the bees.
In green old gardens hidden away
From sight of revel, and sound of strife,
Here have I leisure to breathe and move,
And do my work in a nobler way;
To sing my songs, and to say my say;
To dream my dreams, and to love my love,
To hold my faith and to live my life,
Making the most of its shadowy day.
—Violet Fane.

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