A GARDEN 



"Hie Lord God planted a garden 



In the first white days of the World, 



And He set there an angel warden 

 In a garment of light enfurled. 



So near to the peace of Heaven, 



That the hawk might nest with the wren, 

 For there in the cool of the even 



God walked with the first of men. 



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 hand of God. 



The kiss of the sun for pardon, 

 The song of the birds for mirth, 



One is nearer God's heart in a garden 

 Than anywhere else on earth." 



D. F. G. 



