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WITH SA'DI IN THE GARDEN;
Nearest the fountain clearest, India's air
Softer and warmer than his native skies;
And liked the gentle speech, the grave reserve,
The piety and quiet of the land,
Its old-world manners, and its reverent ways,
And kind simplicity of Indian homes,
And classic comeliness of Indian girls
More than his proper people, and his tasks.
He was to blame, but he loved India.
