A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot ! 



Rose plot, 



Fringed pool, 



FernM grot : 



The veriest school 

 Of Peace ; and yet the fool 



Contends that God is not. 

 Not God ! in gardens ! when the eve is cool ? 



Nay, but I have a sign ; 



'Tis very sure God walks in mine. 



Thomas Edward Brown, 



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