<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384698" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Tulip Bed At Greeley Square</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">You know that oasis, fresh and fair<br>In the city desert, as Greeley square? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">That bright triangle of scented bloom<br>That lies surrounded by grime and gloom? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Right in the breast of the seething town<br>Like a gleaming gem or a wanton’s gown? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ah, wonderful things that tulip bed<br>Unto my listening soul has said.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Over the rattle and roar of the street<br>I hear a chorus of voices sweet, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Day and night, when I pass that way, <br>And these are the things the voices say: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Here, in the heart of the foolish strife, <br>We live a simple and natural life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Here, in the midst of the clash and din, <br>We know what it is to be calm within.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“Here, environed by sin and shame, <br>We do what we can with our pure white flame.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“We do what we can with our bloom and grace, <br>To make the city a fairer place.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">“It is well to be good though the world is vile, <br>And so through the dust and the smoke we smile, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">“We are but atoms in chaos tossed, <br>Yet never a purpose for truth was lost.”</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ah, many a sermon is uttered there<br>By the bed of blossoms in Greeley square.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And he who listens and hears aright, <br>Is better equipped for the world’s hard fight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ella+Wheeler+Wilcox">Ella Wheeler Wilcox</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384698" data-title="The Tulip Bed At Greeley Square de Ella Wheeler Wilcox" data-description="You know that oasis, fresh and fair In the city desert, as Greeley square? That bright triangle of scented bloom That lies surrounded by grime and gloom? Right in the breast of the seething town Like a gleaming gem or a wanton’s gown? Ah, ..."></div> </div> </div>

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