Together, in a garden that I know,
Stand two young gumtrees -- tall and straight and slight,
While draped about their slender limbs of snow
Are two wistaria vines -- one mauve one white.
Like scented ringlets tossed upon the breeze
Their flagrant blossoms sway in careless grace,
Lending an added beauty to the trees --
Casting a sweet aroma o'er the place.
Like sisters, stand these saplings, side by side,
All decked for dancing 'neath the moon tonight --
Or maybe one's a bridesmaid, one a bride --
The one in mauve -- the other veiled in white!
With mingled locks and arms that interwine,
They seem to stoop and whisper secrets sweet;
While soft winds murmur o'er each branch and vine,
And perfumed petals flutter to our feet!
First published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 October 1932
Author reference site: Austlit
See also.
Stand two young gumtrees -- tall and straight and slight,
While draped about their slender limbs of snow
Are two wistaria vines -- one mauve one white.
Like scented ringlets tossed upon the breeze
Their flagrant blossoms sway in careless grace,
Lending an added beauty to the trees --
Casting a sweet aroma o'er the place.
Like sisters, stand these saplings, side by side,
All decked for dancing 'neath the moon tonight --
Or maybe one's a bridesmaid, one a bride --
The one in mauve -- the other veiled in white!
With mingled locks and arms that interwine,
They seem to stoop and whisper secrets sweet;
While soft winds murmur o'er each branch and vine,
And perfumed petals flutter to our feet!
First published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 October 1932
Author reference site: Austlit
See also.
