A garden so well watered before morn Is hotly up, that not the swart sun's blaze Down beating with unmitigated rays, Nor arid winds from scorching places borne, Shall quite prevail to make it bare and shorn Of its green beauty -- shall not quite prevail That all its morning freshness shall exhale, Till evening and the evening dews return -- A blessing such as this our hearts might reap, The freshness of the garden they might share, Through the long day a heavenly freshness keep, If, knowing how the day and day's glare Must beat upon them, we would largely steep And water them betimes with dews of prayer.