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HER GARDEN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: So quietly she turned her head
Last Line: "and they will smile, and think of me."
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening


So quietly she turned her head
And to her watching mother said:
"The Summer must be getting near;
The roses soon will blossom red --
I shall not see them, Mother dear.

"And yet, dear Mother, I am glad
That every rose my garden had
Will come again when I can not.
The world is never really sad;
The world blooms on, no matter what.

"I'd like to have you keep it so,
My garden, as it used to grow.
I'm glad, although I shall be gone,
The garden that I used to know
Will just go blooming on, and on --

"And if you love me, that is how
To please me -- keep it just as now;
For then the roses yet to be
To all my friends will smile and bow,
And they will smile, and think of me."





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