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1 " Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful!' and sitting in the shade. "
― Rudyard Kipling , Complete Verse
2 " The toad beneath the harrow knowsWhere every separate tooth-point goes ;The butterfly upon the roadPreaches contentment to that toad. "
3 " Like Princes crowned they bore them--Like Demi-Gods they wrought,When the New World lay before themIn headlong fact and thought. Fate and their foemen proved themAbove all meed of praise,And Gloriana loved them,And Shakespeare wrote them plays!. . . . . . .Now Valour, Youth, and Life's delight break forthIn flames of wondrous deed, and thought sublime---Lightly to mould new worlds or lightly looseWords that shall shake and shape all after-time!Giants with giants, wits with wits engage,And England-England-England takes the breathOf morning, body and soul, till the great AgeFulfills in one great chord:--Elizabeth! "
4 " There is but one task for all --One life for each to give.What stands if Freedom fall?"[For All We Have and Are] "