Poem: “It’s September” by Edgar A. Guest

A Heap o’ Livin’

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American Literature – American Poetry – Edgar A. Guest – Poems by Edgar A. Guest – A Heap o’ Livin’
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It’s September

  It’s September, and the orchards are afire with
      red and gold,
  And the nights with dew are heavy, and the
     morning’s sharp with cold;
  Now the garden’s at its gayest with the salvia
     blazing red
  And the good old-fashioned asters laughing
     at us from their bed;
  Once again in shoes and stockings are the children’s
     little feet,
  And the dog now does his snoozing on the
     bright side of the street.

  It’s September, and the cornstalks are as high
     as they will go,
  And the red cheeks of the apples everywhere
     begin to show;
  Now the supper’s scarcely over ere the darkness
     settles down
  And the moon looms big and yellow at the
     edges of the town;
  Oh, it’s good to see the children, when their
     little prayers are said,
  Duck beneath the patchwork covers when they
     tumble into bed.

  It’s September, and a calmness and a sweetness
     seem to fall
  Over everything that’s living, just as though it
     hears the call
  Of Old Winter, trudging slowly, with his pack
     of ice and snow,
  In the distance over yonder, and it somehow
     seems as though
  Every tiny little blossom wants to look its very
     best
  When the frost shall bite its petals and it droops
     away to rest.

  It’s September! It’s the fullness and the ripeness
     of the year;
  All the work of earth is finished, or the final
     tasks are near,
  But there is no doleful wailing; every living
     thing that grows,
  For the end that is approaching wears the
     finest garb it knows.
  And I pray that I may proudly hold my head
     up high and smile
  When I come to my September in the golden
     afterwhile.

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