Rudyard Kipling walks us down the tragic path of the loss of a loved one.

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And now, The Gardner, by Rudyard Kipling.

Thank you. Now, The Gardner by Rudyard Kipling. One grave to me was given, one watch till judgment day, And God looked down from heaven and rolled the stone away.

One day in all the years, one hour in that one day,

His angel saw my tears and rolled the stone away.

Everyone in the village knew that Helen Terrell did her duty by all her world,

and by none more honorably than by her only brother's unfortunate child.

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