God made a beauteous garden With lovely flowers strown, But one straight, narrow pathway That was not overgrown. And to this beauteous garden He brought mankind to live, And said "To you, my children, These lovely flowers I give. Prune ye my vines and fig trees, With care my flowers tend, But keep the pathway open Your home is at the end." God's GardenRobert Frost
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In the poem God's Garden, William Blake describes a garden full of flowers and vines, but he doesn't tell us what they are. He leaves us wondering what it's all about. He provides a mystery that we're invited to find out for ourselves. In a sense, his mysterious garden is a metaphor for life itself.
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