Poem: “The Lonely Garden” by Edgar A. Guest

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American Literature – American Poetry – Edgar A. Guest – Poems by Edgar A. Guest
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The Lonely Garden

I wonder what the trees will say,
The trees that used to share his play,
An’ knew him as the little lad
Who used to wander with his dad.
They’ve watched him grow from year to year
Since first the good Lord sent him here.
This shag-bark hick’ry, many a time,
The little fellow tried t’ climb,
An’ never a spring has come but he
Has called upon his favorite tree.
I wonder what they all will say
When they are told he’s marched away.

I wonder what the birds will say,
The swallow an’ the chatterin’ jay,
The robin, an’ the kill-deer, too.
For every one o’ them, he knew,
An’ every one o’ them knew him,
An’ hoppin’ there from limb t’ limb,
Waited each spring t’ tell him all
They’d done an’ seen since ‘way last fall.
He was the first to greet ’em here
As they returned from year t’ year;
An’ now I wonder what they’ll say
When they are told he’s marched away.

I wonder how the roses there
Will get along without his care,
An’ how the lilac bush will face
The loneliness about th’ place;
For ev’ry spring an’ summer, he
Has been the chum o’ plant an’ tree,
An’ every livin’ thing has known
A comradeship that’s finer grown,
By havin’ him from year t’ year.
Now very soon they’ll all be here,
An’ I am wonderin’ what they’ll say
When they find out he’s marched away.

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