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THE LORD GOD PLANTED A GARDEN

IN THE FIRST WHITE DAYS OF THE WORLD,

AND HE SET THERE AND ANGEL

WARDEN IN A GARMENT OF LIGHT ENFURLED.

SO NEAR TO THE PEACE OF HEAVEN,

THERE THE HAWK MIGHT NEST WITH THE WREN,

FOR THERE IN THE COLD OF THE EVEN

GOD WALKED WITH THE FIRST OF MAN.

AND I DREAM THAT THESE GARDEN - CLOSES

WITH THEIR SHADE AND THEIR SUN-FLECKED SOD

AND THEIR LILIES AND BOWERS OF ROSES,

WERE LAID BY THE HANDS OF GOD.

THE KISS OF THE SUN FOR PARDON,

THE SONG OF THE BIRDS FOR MIRTH-ONE

IS NEAR GOD'S HEART IN A GARDEN

ANYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.

-Dorothy Gurney {1858-1932