The Garden

Anonymous

For 10,000 years

  since Man was born

He's grown his greens,

  he's cropped his corn

He's sown, he's tilled,

  he's ploughed the field

With sweat of his brow,

  he's made land yield

Fruit of the soil,

  fruit of the vine

Earth's given us

  flowers and food and wine

Vegetables, fruit, herb and spice

On natures free bounty,

  she sets no price

On even the smallest strip of land

There's a patch of soil

  amidst the sand

Here, when sun and rain

  lend their aid

And Man brings his fork and

  trowel and spade

Fruits ripen, flowers open

  and vegetables harden

Everyday alchemy

  on an island garden

 


Main Location:

Reethi Rah Maldives