Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1911 — CURRENT VERSE. [ARTICLE]

CURRENT VERSE.

Grandmother** Garden. Grandmother’s garden was edged wttk box. And quaint were the flowers that grew; Foxglove and fennel and lady lock*. Marjoram, mint, and rue; ' * Fragrant It was with mullen pink. And lilies of white and gold; Never was sweeter a spot. I thinly Grandmother’s garden old. Grandmother’s garden, she loved it sot Rainy the day or fair, Down its borders she’d always go, . Watching the blooms with care; Weeding and pruning with skilful hand. But gentle, just so, they say. She reared her children, a goodly band. Who grandmother bless today. Grandmother’s garden! If souls return I am syre that she comes once more. When deepens the green in the ivy iprn And crocuses deck the door, For fields Elysian on earthly bowers May border, coxld dull eyes see, A gracious presence amid her flowers Grandmother still may be. —Rose Mills Powers, irtxWoman's Horns Companion.