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MY GARDEN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A garden is a lovesome thing, god wot!
Last Line: Tis very sure god walks in mine.
Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Religion; Theology


A GARDEN is a lovesome thing, God wot!
Rose plot,
Fringed pool,
Fern'd 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.





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