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GARDEN 

 PRAYER 



berp ptetioui voithnsii 

 kttp toarm 

 Wlntil ttje betop busfk 



ritl) again toitfj rarer 

 scent 



t!Pi)an ambergris: or 



permit eacl^ ga^ben amateur 

 ^0 knoto tt)t jop ti)at btnellse 



3ln Ulp-cupsf anb Itlac-plumes!, 

 ^nb canterfturp bells. 



^nb hioulb It be too mucb to ask 

 J\ ^6at all tfje gap parabe 

 ®i beauties in tfje catalogues 



iHap blossom as portrapeb, — 

 ^nb tbat tbe garbener's lopal frienb. 



Our Garden Journal, map 

 Jfrom printers' bebils be exempt 

 jforeber anb a bap? 



Tben stoeet ^pril stnings tbe gate 

 3nb trips from beb to beb 

 ^Ko ligljt tbe crocus-canblcs small, 



Snb tulip=torcf)es reb, 

 JSebolbl upon ^tx altar green, 



i$lp baffobils toill be 

 Prigbt lamps of birgin golb altgbt 

 ^nb burning unto W^tz, 



— Minna Irving 



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