From a Garden in the Antipodes
Controversy
Controversy
There is perpetual contention
Between the guardian of the dwelling house and the demesne.
Shall the garden be a paradise,
And the inside of the cottage a shambles?
Or contrariwise, the garden a wilderness,
While we preserve the image of a Dutch interior?
While one cries out “The wash-up waits!”
The other murmurs wistfully “The lawns! the lawns!”
Tell me now, what is your dream—
The neatest apartment in Knightsbridge?
Or in a deep glade of Eden a booth of green boughs?