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God gave all men all earth to love, / But since our hearts are small, / Ordained for each one spot should prove / Beloved over all; / That as He watched Creation's birth, / So we, in godlike mood, / May of our love create our earth / And see that it is good.
So one shall Baltic pines content, / As one some Surrey glade, / Or one the palm-grove's droned lament / Before Levuka's trade. / Each to his choice, and I rejoice / The lot has fallen to me / In a fair ground -- in a fair ground -- / Yea, Sussex by the sea!