Versos English Adelaide Crapsey The Monk In The Garden

English poem

The Monk In The Garden

by (1878–1914)

Listen in the reader

He comes from Mass early in the morning

The sky's the very blue Madonna wears; The air's alive with gold! Mark you the way The birds sing and the dusted shimmer of dew On leaf and fruit? . . . Per Bacco, what a day!