shadow there. In short, he must give his crea- THE POETICAL 

 tion tone. Clear expression is as necessary in GARDEN 

 the garden as in the poem. 



There are, alas! gardens as barren of poetry 

 as is mere rhyme, and as depressing, simply 

 because, like mere rhymsters, their makers lack 

 both poetic feeling and the art of expression. 

 To the true artist nature is, to use the words 

 of a Japanese garden critic, "like some beau- 

 tiful musical instrument, finer than any ever 

 made by human hands, but still an instrument, 

 with harmonies to be coaxed out." To coax 

 out the harmonies requires the master musi- 

 cian. 



A poetical garden is not, we must be sure, a 

 mere show-garden, but a garden poetical in 

 spirit and effect. It is much a matter of " atmos- 

 phere." He who would make such a garden 

 must have his vision of things spiritual and 

 lovely. With that and skill to give it form he 

 will make it a place where one can sit and 

 dream, for 



"The poetry of earth is never dead." 



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