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THE MAKER by KATHARINE TYNAN

First Line: GOD MADE THE COUNTRY
Last Line: OF GREAT RENOWN?
Subject(s): COUNTRY LIFE; CREATION; GOD; MANKIND; TOWNS; HUMAN RACE;
GOD made the country,
Man made the town.
God clad the country
In a green gown,

Clad her in kirtle
Of the green silk,
God made the country
Of honey and milk.

Poor folk from Eden
Driven away,
God made the country
For a holiday.

God gave the country
A flower, a bird,
To comfort his children
For the flaming sword.

For easing and pleasing
He made a tree,
Many a sweet rivulet,
Dew, and the bee.

God made the country
Man made the town.
Is not God a Maker
Of great renown?



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