THE GARDENER
For the light heart or heavy heart
Medicine. Set thou a time apart,
And to thy garden thee betake
With hoe and spade and pot and rake.
Medicine. Set thou a time apart,
And to thy garden thee betake
With hoe and spade and pot and rake.
Mark thou thy garden,—and not spare
Thyself as honest labourer.
Break thou the earth and turn withal,
So the live airs thereon shall fall.
Thyself as honest labourer.
Break thou the earth and turn withal,
So the live airs thereon shall fall.
Then set thy little seeds in rows,
With the kind earth for swaddling clothes;
And these shall presently awake,
And into life and praise shall break.
With the kind earth for swaddling clothes;
And these shall presently awake,
And into life and praise shall break.
Hoe, thin, and water then, that these
May spread their growing limbs at ease;
And prune the vaulting boughs lest they
Should dwindle for the warmth of day.
May spread their growing limbs at ease;
And prune the vaulting boughs lest they
Should dwindle for the warmth of day.
Soon shall the sweet Spring trumpets ring,
And all the world sing songs for Spring;
Then from the wormy bed shall rise
Creatures that wear the peacock's eyes.
And all the world sing songs for Spring;
Then from the wormy bed shall rise
Creatures that wear the peacock's eyes.
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