THE SLEEPING GARDEN 



y^arden sleeps » and cuddles close 



The hahy da£i&dils 

 Beneatk the eiderdown of snow 



That blankets vales and kills 9 

 While Winter lays his ancient spell 



Of hai'd and bitter cold« 

 On root and tulb and tiny seed 



Fast £ro2en in. the mold. 



y garden sleeps, and dreams of when 

 The sun returns ag'ain 

 Across the mai\y jewelled hridg'e 



That spans the April rain, 

 A prince in g'oldenmail with gifts 



Of musk and ambergiris 

 From fai'^off islands of the South, 



To wate it with a hiss . 



Minna Irviz^ 



