The Gardener 47
If you would have it so, I will end my singing.If it sets your heart aflutter, I will take away my eyes from your face.If it suddenly startles you in your walk, I will step aside andtake another path.If it confuses you in your flower-weaving, I will shun your lonely garden.If it makes the water wanton and wild, I will not row my boat by your bank.
Words in this poem
- aflutter adv.
- In a flutter; agitated. [Pref. a- + flutter.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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The Gardener 47 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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