The Gardener 22
When she passed by me with quick steps, the end of her skirt touched me.From the unknown island of a heart came a sudden warm breath of spring.A flutter of a flitting touch brushed me and vanished in a moment,like a torn flower petal blown in the breeze.It fell upon my heart like a sigh of her body and whisper of her heart.
Words in this poem
- flitting n.
- A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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The Gardener 22 is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Gardener, translated by the author from the original Bengali (Macmillan, London and New York, 1913; this text the 1915 printing), Project Gutenberg ebook #6686; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
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