English poem
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by Nora May French (1881–1907)
Beyond this purple shadow glows My golden garden loud with bees, And windy grey and silver flows Along the slopes of olive trees.
Before a sleeping flower uncurled, Before the early winds were born, I woke for joy in such a world, And with the linnets shared the morn.
Remembering love, I woke and smiled, And heard the morning linnets sing, And sang for love, and they for wild Delight of song and sun and spring.