7 JANUARY 1911, Page 24

"A TOUCH OF THE SUN FOR PARDON." [To THR EDITOR

OF THE "SPECTAT011:1

Sin,—Can any reader of the Spectator give the authorship of the following lines, or state where they may be found?- "A touch of the Sun for pardon. The song of a bird for mirth, We are nearer God's heart in the garden Than anywhere else on the earth."