A Treasury of Canadian Verse, with Brief Biographical Notes - Unknown

And thou wert Egypt's symbol of the power

That under all decaying forms lies hid;

The old world worshipped thee, O Lotus flower!

Then carved its Sphinx and reared its pyramid.

I HAD a garden when I was a boy

Wherein I planted fondly many a flower,

And watched it grow until I felt the joy

That every gardener feels, as Nature's power