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Garden of My Mind, and ;ht e ~~rt l~~~~u·;~r~~:)~V<~tivn.
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nund, a nu why
\or t'ut has not <1 C<'•tau;
tJon for us," !~~ :~~ \ • TU up a mighty ._,tiV~'r un ati~fi<>wn , nor of the ll~>ad G t ~ough ~o fault of th,..r
iilfr.tid we und~>r-g~rdl'n
ah~ ~Ol'r Cttlv;r, but I am
for) go "n
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lroug l he, bowl'd down,
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l kt!dly ..... t<"m~ed flow' r:., (atchi ng
'lfOUI • .J' r,· • p l!h:s,.nec;:. and Ignorance of th~ \\Cf·d.,
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.._.nron-,dously crave.
•h n s~pport thetr . nature
.;traight and I 1 1 ~I o knO\\:. what fatr and
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ooms th"' might rais,.'
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r O\'abl'· characteri~tic of the sweet P"a is it·
~r<:at.vari~ty of colour. It h:h ~ome e;-.;qu·,; 1,. h·•d~
) '-Uit ld('Very room, #:very dr~ss. even taste. ,. ·,., .. l
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grow t e manyd flower of \'m·
pa.t .Y 10 .my garden, that quahty of being abl~ to
~~JOtce With them that do rejoice, and weep with
:m that w~ep. And l!vcn a ... the sweet pea-; do not
tf:tllk of . any reward, on I) bloom sweNlv .1nd
natu.r:·dly JU..,t .becau..,c with JM'Oper earl" and "out in
God s good aJr and sun~hine thev rnnnot help it
t'\en s would I wic;h the flowN~ of my mind ~~
gro'':'· hr no other rPa<;on than bccau ... e, with God·--
man:fold blessings "'urrounding- and supporting
t!-<>m, they can no more h~lp it th:tn can SWN't pea •
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tlw o tllf'r infini tely SWt, t oug 1 1 othr rs may ~J 1 • as Ur<:ly. th
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-.wNtnrs-;, a ll thruugh lt~ -.h<~rt lift• tgh· t fg vf u.,
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n oo.;lt uruq~,e) ufva ; qu:dlly, a qu~lit y <~':i dr-siralil<:
111 t 1<' gar\.l(.'fl <> C>n c s m md ~ ... in rt vf t'll r~v.dng of
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it rl'q ture 'i prop<·r t reatment wat,·r un h'
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r;ort , if it h to .r<'' wlh do~ Jt requm: support for it n l
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not to sta n p rou • y a on,!. SwC'<'t (X.'as wuh no
su ppo~ts, or tn'> uf 1 1c:ent on .. ,, ure pittablc < bj"{ l'.
In 'atn do they o.;trct("h tho~ little t<·ndril:., g v•·n
to the?" _ fo! t~(· ('Xpr('~s pur~<;e ?f clinging to
'>(Jilll'thmt.;, tn all d trcctiOth , till, d~-.couraged and
lwl pl<•s:.. they bc~d over :tnd grow tnto nnokHI
<·an~at.ures _of the tr truP <;Pive-.: ~ti ll tlte) flower,
for Jt ts the1r nature, but 10 tht r anxiel\ to turn to
I he light even the flower!) have "UCh crook I'd :.tcm...
that ) OU ca nnot ~athcr th<:m for any purpo')P. \nd
,f there are weed<> growm~ around the roob tllf·
plc nts twi n~ their tendn l-. round these, inst<'ad of
rc plant
I: gardt-n m~<;t b*'. in lw South and why?
for it was mad e so. G ive th~m ev~n then the sup~
B cause, I th10k, hrc:t of all, tb~t mv mind i,
por t they u nknowingly crave, a nd they \\11l always there. Then•'s ah\::n' a c:ort of ·home,'(k
~traightcn them'><'lves in tim(. for that also is thPir longing f~ the opC>n sp:tce< the gr• at moor ... , the•
natu re. \\'itha l the sweet pe.t is bv no means d m. ~··n"C of btgne'" thnt come.- from wide ~..-e\,-~ and
cul t to g row, and, though <,ome so' ls suit it bett(•r ?'uch -.ky. Anti imrnPdiatt>ly I vtsuali7c a garden
Ll·.tn oLhe rs , a ny g a rden('r taking reasonabl,.. car£'
' 1s therf' that I '<'t the ,cene. The ~lidland ..
of hh plants may have h h garden gay with flo\\('f, <> tg~e' motor..... and exccll,..nt roads on \\"id tl)
all th(' summer through, b< he town-;man or countn.
lri\'P t,_,~:m-motor' and mont>y.
But tht: ~ 1th
man, squi r<> or rottager . '1 he largest mo<;t uncom- SJ>f>ll' "-unc;hine and rc.~tful gard• n,, brC<>zy up an I ,
mon varietic may grow m the rich man's g .. rdr·n,
bl tf' nd ~old skies, hcathereci h~a he; and wind\
but thair lives are often -.hor tLn<'d through "hePr moor..... .\nd btcause C\Cr~· flower i'> beautiful and
Jad-e of gathering, and thC' bloom" are no swt'(·ter wonderful, and berau:;e I should Or" \ Cr ~ rontent
tha n those o n the ma ny -colourf'd li ttle rows in front with ju"t one flower, and b<-<-ause d,,.. unl:'xpcct,.d
o f th e cottages, from which lht• thildren take tiny than nc; me, mv mind-flow••r ;.., wild.
ln nt he" in their li ttle hot hand-. to give to tl'ach~"r
Far from the g-en~al unn..;t of industrial cttil>s-
'' hen they go to school of n morning (and. perhap' in a verv ~m~ll haml~t in Dor ... t't-i' a ft>~st of low.
jaded " teache r" smilcc; :H the presentation, and li nt'"S' Think of c;n \\drop-.. ,.;ro,\'rtg cntir<'ly wild.
-.h<' puh them in one of the jam-jar-. on the dusty a long th~ bank-. of a <;trcam. Xot one or two i .. o •
.;.choolroom wi ndowo.;ill, from which vantage-ground laled bloomc;, bu t nuc;.;r-s of th<'m, half-hidden with
thf'y brighte n t he drab roo m a nd c h eer h er unrnn- ivr and moss And -.c:ur-ely was the "Urpri e nf
'>CJouslv w he n he r evrc; fall on thPm) . \\'h:-tt oth. r tl;~>,e- t>~qui ... ite snowdrop, 0\'4'r lx>fore primros<'~ nn•l
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· .,. iolrt-- ''rre in full c;win~ in t1 ,. woodc:.
tlowC"r e ncoura ges uc; to give as doe" the <>WCf't p< ·' ~ wood..;, It wa.., .tlwav~ d iflkult, , 1 nd a prohlrm th,lt
W<'ck after week , d ay aftE-r d a} almost, a ll throug-h was nl'vt>r c;olvNi, ._ to which wood wa..; thr love-
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th(' summer , we m ay go to thf'!ll for fresh ~unC"h ' : lie'-l. A prim rose hill . wi th tiny, fai n ··hk" dell .. of
knowing th a t the constant dt' mand o~ly ">tnnulo~t~·" violets-and c;cf>ntNI \ iok t.,, too-guardl'd hy h.tln
I he grow th o f fresh bloom-., whc-rras af we \\f're to larche>c; and ,jh·l'r birch~><;, w.h no lon·h .. r. thou~h
grudg~· th<' pk k ing o f th<·m a nd l('ave the flowl'r") .t,,l :t" <·'>qui ... itl' "" a more sombrl', d\ p4'r-g-1n~('d
llll'r<'lv to be looked at, thl'\ ~~ouhld o~t.v ('('a~: ~~
. · 1 1 on th P oo~~> vf the moor. At En"ur. JU't
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ofTt't' thcmc;e lve.:; so fret-lv. \ nd tfe~ tt ~ .: m~t'' ~". ~ < tired ~\llrl bf'autiful C::\10 w:t" going \Ve ... t, thi ...
:~ ll('gory " o ne o f t ho'P p.tr.lht.-.. o • a ure w '
j,;u~~ll-rnrJll. tfd brnrkl'n-frin~('d, hf'rrh-c:h:ulow<.'d
find evc; vwherP. if we look. I know that the c;\\~~t
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PPRs in the g arde n o f my mine! will not grow \\'t •
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