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MY GARDEN by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: THE LILAC IN MY GARDEN COMES TO BLOOM
Last Line: HE SWALLOWS HIS OWN FACE IN HALF A SECOND!
Subject(s): GARDENS & GARDENING;
The lilac in my garden comes to bloom,
The apple, plum and cherry wait their hour,
The honeysuckle climbs from pole to pole --
And the rockery has a stone that's now a flower,
Jewelled by moss in every tiny hole!

Close to my lilac there's a small bird's nest
Of quiet, young, half-sleeping birds: but when
I look, each little rascal -- five I've reckoned --
Opens a mouth so large and greedy then,
He swallows his own face in half a second!



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