70 A GARDEN OF PLEASURE 



gift bestowed upon friends. Where rose- 

 mary flourishes nigh the house, there the 

 wife is said to rule. It is by no means for 

 any such reason, however, that so shapely 

 and fine a bush of it grows beside our 

 south porch ! It is because it worships the 

 sun, and when the sun shines the bees are 

 about it all day long. 



' The life that throbs in April's heart 

 Wakes every mortal thing ; 

 And grief , with birds and buds and flowers 

 Stirs freshly in the Spring' 



Burns. 



