DAYS IN MY GARDEN 



unless he is somewhat of a philosopher : he has learnt 

 long ago the truth in those lines 



Til take the showers as they fall, 



I will not vex my bosom : 

 Enough if at the end of all 



A little garden blossom. 



He has learnt more ; not being satisfied with the last 

 line he uses his energy in increasing or forestalling 

 the showers, and the many other little changes which 

 he knows will come, and by his skill and patience 

 transforms the ' little garden blossom ' into a wealth 

 and abundance that feeds his eye and fills his soul 

 with delight and thankfulness. There is more than 

 one trap to catch a sunbeam and more than one way 

 to outwit Jack Frost. 



In truth this changeableness may spoil our new 

 hat, or make us wish that we had chosen watertight 

 instead of patent-leather boots, but these are small 

 matters, and who is to blame if we or some people 

 will run risks by donning dainty creations, be they 

 those of hatter, costumier or bootmaker, when pru- 

 dence and the barometer unite in proclaiming such a 

 course unwise? 



For we soon tire of settled weather, three or even 



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