RPO -- Francis Ernley Walrond : Ghosts

Francis Ernley Walrond (1875-1948)

Ghosts

1I walk in a garden of roses,

2 'Twixt lawn and shaven lawn,

3And I think of the wild free spaces,

4 And the rose of a breathless dawn.

5Gentle and sweet beside me

6 Goes the wife that bears my name,

7But I dream of a wild-eyed woman

8 And the sea that hides her shame.

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Original text: Francis Ernley Walrond, The Gods of Africa and other Poems (London: Elkin Mathews, 1912): 73. 011650.de.89 British Library
First publication date: 1912
RPO poem editor: Ian Lancashire
RP edition: RPO 2000.
Recent editing: 2:2002/3/7

Rhyme: abab

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