Garden Corner: by Mirran Hall

By theorkneynews on April 28, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Tall hebe shrubs surround a wild corner of a garden where there is a bird table and lots of pots containing flowering daffodils the grass is long and there a discarded small fishing floats — Image credit Mirran Hall

MIRTH, Spring, to linger in a garden fair,
What more has earth to give? All ye that wait,
Where is the Cup-bearer, the flagon where?
When pleasant hours slip from the hand of Fate,
Reckon each hour as a certain gain;
Who seeks to know the end of mortal care
Shall question his experience in vain. - Hafiz from 'To linger in a garden fair'