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An island garden (1894)

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894 · Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin & co. · leaf 172

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approaching sun. Soon an insufferableglory burns on the edge of the eastern horizon;up rolls the great round red orb and sets the dewtwinkling and sparkling in a thousand rainbows,sending its first rejoicing rays over the wide faceof the world. When in these fresh mornino-s Igo into my garden… … AN ISLAND GARDEN 113 with infinite content; each gives me its color,its grace, its perfume, and enriches me with theconsummation of its beauty. All the cares, per-plexities, and griefs of existence, all the burdensof life slijD from my shoulders and leave mewith the heart of a little child that…

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