Nature has her secrets:
Surely earth remembers well
where flowers sunned and children played,
where sweethearts kissed -- don't tell!
Nature has her cautions,
knows the gentle from the bad;
she flinches from the rough impulse --
the saint's touch makes her glad.
When Evil walks through Nature,
the buzzing air goes "hush" and still,
till you can hear a pin drop --
and if you don't, Evil will.
Nature writes this in her book
of blessed and ruined land,
begging God's protection --
thorough cleansing from His Hand.
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