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The Child in the Garden

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When to the garden of untroubled thought I came of late, and saw the open door, And wished again to enter, and explore The sweet, wild ways with stainless bloom inwrought, And bowers of innocence with beauty fraught, It seemed some purer voice must speak before I dared to tread that garden loved of yore, That Eden lost unknown and found unsought. Then just within the gate I saw a child, - A stranger-child, yet to my heart most dear, - Who held her hands to me and softly smiled With eyes that knew no shade of sin or fear; "Come in," she said, "and play awhile with me; I am the little child you used to be." Henry Van Dyke [1852-1933] The child is our granddaughter Elly, the place our garden in Sedlescombe on 26 August 2006.