Birds and flowers, or, Lays and lyrics of rural life (1873)
Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888, Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904 · London ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons · leaf 198
hose old abbey gardens,With their devices rich, Their fountains, and green, solemn walks;Their saints in many a niche ! 1 would I could call back again Those gardens in their pride,And, slowly walking up and down,Tlie abbot dicniified. THE PASSION-FLOWER. And the fat monk with sleepy eyes, Half… … Who gardened late and early,And twined into a bower, Wherein he set the crucifix.The good old Passion-flower ! 192 THE PASSION-FLOWER. I would I could bring back againThose abbey gardens old, And see the poor lay brotherSo busy in the mould; Tying up his flowers, and thinkingThe while, with…
