Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GARDENS OF THE MIND, by LILLIAN IRVINE POLLOCK


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GARDENS OF THE MIND, by                    
First Line: Flowers are the magic bit of leaven
Last Line: For our gardens in eternity?
Subject(s): Flowers


Flowers are the magic bit of leaven
That brings to earth the fragrant breath of heaven;
Messengers of love and beauty rare,
Spreading perfumed gladness everywhere.
We may have the flowers if we will,
Blooming on our mental window sill;
Or, if we prefer the noxious weed,
We have but to plant that kind of seed.

Flowers grow where thoughts are pure and kind,
In these fertile gardens of the mind;
Thorns and thistles from the seeds of strife
Crowd the lovely flowers from our life.
Heaven's richest treasures ours to use;
We can make our Eden if we choose.
Weeds or flowers -- which then shall it be
For our gardens in eternity?





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