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The kindly, patient grass hath spread
 * A coverlet of green,

And made her little lowly bed
 * Pleasant to be seen.

Above her head the sheltering trees
 * Have woven canopies,

The nesting birds and droning bees
 * Croon her soft lullabies.

The comradeship of field and wood
 * Grows stronger year by year,

As she becomes to Nature's mood
 * More intimate and dear.