Carolina Quotes“I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen: A chapel was built in the midst, Where I used to play on the green. And the gates of this chapel were shut, And ‘Thou shalt not’ writ over the door, So I turned to the Garden of Love, That so many sweet flowers bore, And I saw it was filled with graves, And tomb-stones where flowers should be: And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds, And binding with briars my joys and desires.”
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Chapter 10.
- work
- Seventh Son (1987)
- year
- 1987
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““I went to the Garden of Love, And saw what I never had seen…” Orson Scott Card. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-B88F076282. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/b88f076282
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