Clark Ashton Smith

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Tired Gardener Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKGHJKLM GNOPQRGRJRSGGJJGRTGR

Cherish them notA
the ostentatious roses grown with careB
extravagant the Tyrian fuchsias droopingC
with heaviness of over nurtured bloomD
and orchid miming irises that speak too loudE
of opulence and sumptuous circumstanceF
cherish them not O gardenerG
knowing how soonH
the desert breathes in every BabylonI
and withers all things that man has tilled and trainedJ
too often not for mere beauty's sakeK
but only to prove the old Mammonian powerG
knowing how soonH
the lovely weeds half disinheritedJ
return and banished grasses breakK
the squares and circles of the flowery plotsL
and beard the creviced fountainsM
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Turn ratherG
to sand verbenas yellow as the sunN
that flourish on the crumbling dunesO
to yarrow and the blackbird ridden reedsP
and willows following the dark sunken channelQ
of marsh lost waters toward the seaR
Turn ratherG
where springs the pale and migniard mountain phloxR
in basins granite rimmedJ
and the dwarf alpine manzanitasR
make arabesques upon the sheeted stoneS
turn ratherG
to lichens charting upon trunk and boulderG
the track of centuries unclockedJ
these shall be planted these be tendedJ
never by swink and sweat of any laborerG
and theseR
shall flower the unmanned eternity of earthT
when the last empire dies a fat mandragoraG
uprooted by its rebel gardenersR

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