OUTSIDE the hedge of roses <br />That walls my garden round, <br />And many a flower encloses, <br />Lies fresh unfurrowed ground. <br />I have not delved nor planted <br />In that strange land, nor come <br />To sow, in soil enchanted, <br />Fresh promises of bloom. <br />My labours all have ended <br />Within my fragrant wall, <br />The blossoms I have tended <br />Have grown so sweet and tall. <br />But now in silver showers <br />Your laughter falls on me, <br />And fairer than all flowers <br />Your flower-face I see. <br />And, bound no more by roses, <br />I break my barrier through, <br />And leave all it encloses, <br />Dear one, to follow you.<br /><br />Dollie Radford<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/outside-the-hedge-of-roses/
