Soil Service

Inspirit to up so fond Fetch down that godly wand Wave and wave so grand Ring out well the cluttered mind Over again, again wave the wand Ring in afresh a soil a land Set in liquid and gas to bind Pattern dark and red well tilled Sandy, loamy, yellow coloured Grey, brown, black spread Hill and river and wood Up and down, side to side Over again wave the wand Vegetation and crops all to blend Over again make rain-falls thundered Forests and fields be pulsated Again, again the waving wand Volcanoes and oceans be befriended And righteous human be ever good Geology, ecology reckoned and regarded Again, again the waving wand Food shelter clothe ever offered Sylvan scene of prolificacy splendid Stealthy, healthy life humanised Again, again the magic wand Not to wave but to hide In the heart of the alert mind A promise to conserve all that found Again, again the promise be continued For the soil a sacred servitude Failed if one and all to mind Impaired soil chucks the wand vanished