Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN A GARDEN, by MAMIE GRAY PINKSTON


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IN A GARDEN, by                    
First Line: There is magic in a garden
Last Line: Love and labor, faith and god.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening


There is magic in a garden,
Mellow sunshine, growing things,
Soft warm earth, and cool green shadows
Cast a spell, and all life sings.

In a garden, calm and tranquil,
Milling thoughts grow tranquil too;
Something checks their wild momentum,
Reason, serene, now reigns anew.

There the heart forgets its sadness,
Hopes long dead revive again,
Heavy burdens strangely lighten,
Peace slips in where grief has lain.

Little worries, daily pin pricks,
Vexing trifles, magnified,
Slowly, gently fade and dwindle,
Paltry fears are laid aside.

For a garden is not flowers,
Light and shadow, leaves and sod,
But a place of peace and quiet,
Love and labor, faith and God.





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