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THE MAKER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: God made the country
Last Line: Of great renown?
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
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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