The Gardener 60
Amidst the rush and roar of life, O Beauty, carved in stone, youstand mute and still, alone and aloof.Great Time sits enamoured at your feet and murmurs:"Speak, speak to me, my love; speak, my bride!"But your speech is shut up in stone, O Immovable Beauty!
Words in this poem
- amidst prep.
- In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among. [OE. amidde, amiddes, on midden, AS. on middan, in the middle, fr. midde the middle. The s is an adverbial ending, originally marking the genitive; the t is a la]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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The Gardener 60 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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