64483: Marigolds

<p dir="ltr"> With a fork drive Nature out,<br> She will ever yet return;<br> Hedge the flower bed all about,<br> Pull or stab or cut or burn,<br> She will ever yet return.<br> Look: the constant marigold<br> Springs again from hidden roots.<br> Baffled gardener, you behold<br> New beginnings and new shoots<br> Spring again from hidden roots.<br> Pull or stab or cut or burn,<br> They will ever yet return.<br> Gardener, cursing at the weed,<br> Ere you curse it further, say:<br> Who but you planted the seed<br> In my fertile heart, one day?<br> Ere you curse me further, say!<br> New beginnings and new shoots<br> Spring again from hidden roots.<br> Pull or stab or cut or burn,<br> Love must ever yet return.</p>