"A Pitcher of Mignonette. Triolet", p. 35
“
A pitcher of mignonette,
In a tenement's highest casement:
Queer sort of flower-pot—yet
That pitcher of mignonette
Is a garden in heaven set,
To the little sick child in the basement—
The pitcher of mignonette,
In the tenement's highest casement.
— Henry Cuyler Bunner
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "A pitcher of mignonette,
In a tenement's highest casement:
Queer sort of flower-pot—yet
That pitcher of mignonette
Is a garden in heaven set,
To the little sick child in the basement—
The pitcher of mignonette,
In the tenement's highest casement." in the context of ""A Pitcher of Mignonette. Triolet", p. 35" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Henry Cuyler Bunner" (Quotes, Airs from Arcady and Elsewhere (1884): Airs from Arcady and Elsewhere. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884)
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About Henry Cuyler Bunner
Henry Cuyler Bunner (3 August 1855 – 11 May 1896) was an American novelist and poet born in Oswego, New York.
About Henry Cuyler Bunner
Henry Cuyler Bunner (3 August 1855 – 11 May 1896) was an American novelist and poet born in Oswego, New York.
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