Speak gentle words, and you shall hear a Tale
Of the new pair who came to Ashford Dale.”
Small was their Garden, and they wished to grow
All that a Gardening Swain could set or sow;
And in that Soil the produce grew so tall 40
About the Path and Porch, the Door and Wall;
The Children crept the stately plants between,
And only Mary’s snow-white Cap was seen—
When the low door was opened, and the Dame