And mind well the lesson I’ve told you:

Water and weed as you go.

The spring will be here with its promise,

And speak from the green-covered sod,

In flowers that show by their splendor

The manifold wisdom of God.

Oh, man, heed the lesson they teach thee,—

That life from the Father doth flow;

So make it as pure as the flowers,

And water and weed as you go.