A SEA OF FOLIAGE GIRDS OUR GARDEN ROUND - Henry Louis Vivian Derozio Poems

 
 

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A SEA OF FOLIAGE GIRDS OUR GARDEN ROUND

A  sea of foliage girds our garden round,
    But not a sea of dull unvaried green,
    Sharp contrasts of all colors here are seen;
The light-green graceful tamarinds abound
Amid the mango clumps of green profound,
    And palms arise, like pillars gray, between;
    And o'er the quiet pools the seemuls lean,
Red-red, and startling like a trumpet's sound.
But nothing can be lovelier than the ranges
    Of bamboos to the eastward, when the moon
Looks through their gaps, and the white lotus changes
    Into a cup of silver. One might swoon
      Drunken with beauty then, or gaze and gaze
      On a primeval Eden, in amaze.