Stone gray fountain
Dry and moss-grown.
Ancient sculptures
Cracked and brought down.
Drooped cheerless branches of old trees
Sank down on glade's remainders.
Once-smooth surface of earl's pond
For ages turned to mire.
Dismal alley
Leads to dark hedge.
Former garden
Is dead.
Dry and moss-grown.
Ancient sculptures
Cracked and brought down.
Drooped cheerless branches of old trees
Sank down on glade's remainders.
Once-smooth surface of earl's pond
For ages turned to mire.
Dismal alley
Leads to dark hedge.
Former garden
Is dead.