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Title: The Tulip Bed At Greeley Square Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox [More Titles by Wilcox] You know that oasis, fresh and fair That bright triangle of scented bloom Right in the breast of the seething town Ah, wonderful things that tulip bed Over the rattle and roar of the street Day and night, when I pass that way, "Here, in the heart of the foolish strife, "Here, in the midst of the clash and din, "Here, environed by sin and shame, "We do what we can with our bloom and grace, "It is well to be good though the world is vile, "We are but atoms in chaos tossed, Ah, many a sermon is uttered there And he who listens and hears aright, [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |