From yon blue heaven above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent. (Alfred, Lord Tennyson)

From yon blue heaven above us bent, The grand old gardener and his wife Smile at the claims of long descent.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

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