The 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.

The kiss of the sun
for pardon,
The song of the bird
for mirth,
One is nearer God's heart
in a garden,
Than anywhere else on earth.

~~Dorothy Frances Gurney~~
1858 -1932

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