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"WHAT of the garden I gave? " / God said to me; / "Hast thou been diligent to foster and save / The life of flower and tree? / How have the roses thriven, / The lilies I have given, / The pretty scented miracles that Spring / And Summer come to bring?
"My garden is fair and dear," / I said to God; / "From thorns and nettles I have kept it clear.