Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy was an English Anglican priest and poet. He was nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" during World War I for giving Woodbine cigarettes to the soldiers he met, as well as spiritual aid to injured and dying soldiers. Wikipedia
“God gave His children memory
That in life's garden there might be
June roses in December.”
Source: from Roses in December, in Songs of Faith and Doubt (1922) https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/roses-december
Source: from Waste, in More Rough Rhymes of a Padre (1919)
