78 A LITTLE GARDEN THE YEAR ROUND 



"Shapes of all sorts and sizes, great and sinall. 

 That stood along the floor and hy the •wall; 

 And some loquacious Vessels were; and 

 some 

 Listened perhaps, but never talked at all. 



From the center of the other wall a foun- 

 tain gurgles forth its cooling waters, which dis- 

 appear again in a porphyry basin. Around it 

 the grapevines cling; yet one can make out 



"Waste not your Hour, nor in the vain pursuit 

 Of this and that endeavor and dispute. 



Better he jocu/nd with the fruitful grape 

 Than sadden after none, or bitter, fruit" 



adorning a bit of the treillage. 



A bed of late Tulips stretches before the 

 fountain, and in their season you wiU find by 

 the fountain a cup inscribed with this quatrain: 



"As then the Tulip for her morning sup 



Of Heavenly vintage from the Soil looks up. 



Do you devoutly do the like, till Heav'n 

 To Earth invert you — like an empty cup." 



Everywhere else are Roses and Grapevines, 

 — ^white, red and yellow Roses to glorify the 



