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The Solitary Summer
·
Elizabeth Von Arnim
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This
is
the
boundary
of
my
kingdom
on
the
south
side,
a
blaze
of
colour
in
May
and
June,
across
which
you
see
the
placid
meadows
stretching
away
to
a
distant
wood;
and
from
its
contemplation
the
ideal
visitor
returns
to
the
house
a
refreshed
and
better
man.
That
is
the
sort
of
person
one
enjoys
taking
round--the
man
(or
woman)
who,
loving
gardens,
would
go
any
distance
to
see
one;
who
comes
to
appreciate,
and
compare,
and
admire;
who
has
a
garden
of
his
own
that
he
lives
in
and
loves;
and
whose
talk
and
criticisms
are
as
dew
to
the
thirsty
gardening
soul,
all
too
accustomed
in
this
respect
to
droughts.
He
knows
as
well
as
I
do
what
work,
what
patience,
what
study
and
watching,
what
laughter
at
failures,
what
fresh
starts
with
undiminished
zeal,
and
what
bright,
unalterable
faith
are
represented
by
the
flowers
in
my
garden.
He
knows
what
I
have
done
for
it,
and
he
knows
what
it
has
done
for
me,
and
how
it
has
been
and
will
be
more
and
more
a
place
of
joys,
a
place
of
lessons,
a
place
of
health,
a
place
of
miracles,
and
a
place
of
sure
and
never-changing
peace.
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