LEMONS and roses -- guide-book said -- A courtyard, and a simple bed Or two, for that romantic pair! And so it was, when I was there. In quarters that were so confined You may have found that lady's mind A little trying, day by day, And so you did -- or so they say! But with such wonders for your sight, Such scatter of the stars at night, Such sunset light upon the hills, What need you reck of little ills? You had a prospect to the sea That certainly appealed to me, The garden trim, the valley fair, The folded hills, the limpid air, The almond, winter-blossoming, The buds not waiting for the Spring, The olive trees, the tinkling bells Of sheep among the asphodels. What with the Paradise down there, The scent of lemons on the air, And all the music that you scored -- Chopin! I know you were not bored! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FRAGMENTS WRITTEN WHILE TRAVELING...A MIDWESTERN HEAT WAVE by JAMES GALVIN TO EMILIE BIGELOW HAPGOOD - PHILANTHROPIST by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS WAR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CAVALIER TUNES: GIVE A ROUSE THEN FOR THE CLINIC by ROBERT BROWNING DEATH STANDS ABOVE ME by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR SONNET: 116 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |