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The Gentle Gardener

I’d like to leave but daffodills
   to mark my little way,
To leave but tulips red and white
   behind me as I stray;
I’d like to pass away from earth
   and feel I’d left behind
But roses and forget-me-nots
   for all who come to find.
 
I’d like to sow the barren spots
   with all the flowers of earth,
To leave a path where those who come
   should find but gentle mirth;
And when at last I’m called upon
   to join the heavenly throng
I’d like to feel along my way
   I’d left no sign of wrong.
 
And yet the cares are many
   and the hours of toil are few;
There is not time enough on earth
   for all I’d like to do;
But, having lived and having toiled,
   I’d like the world to find
Some little touch of beauty
   that my soul had left behind.
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