The Gardener 80
With a glance of your eyes you could plunder all the wealth ofsongs struck from poets' harps, fair woman!But for their praises you have no ear, therefore I come to praise you.You could humble at your feet the proudest heads in the world.But it is your loved ones, unknown to fame, whom you choose toworship, therefore I worship you.The perfection of your arms would add glory to kingly splendourwith their touch.But you use them to sweep away the dust, and to make clean yourhumble home, therefore I am filled with awe.
Words in this poem
- wealth n.
- Weal; welfare; prosperity; good. [OE. welthe, from wele; cf. D. weelde luxury. See Weal prosperity.]
- splendour n.
- Great brightness; brilliant luster; brilliancy; as, the splendor ot the sun. B. Jonson. [L. fr. splendere to shine: cf. F. splendeur.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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