The Gentle Gardener

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Title:     The Gentle Gardener
Author: Edgar A. Guest [More Titles by Guest]

  I'd like to leave but daffodills to mark my little
      way,
  To leave but tulips red and white behind me as
      I stray;
  I'd like to pass away from earth and feel I'd
      left behind
  But roses and forget-me-nots for all who come
      to find.
  I'd like to sow the barren spots with all the
      flowers of earth,
  To leave a path where those who come should
      find but gentle mirth;
  And when at last I'm called upon to join the
      heavenly throng
  I'd like to feel along my way I'd left no sign
      of wrong.
  And yet the cares are many and the hours of
      toil are few;
  There is not time enough on earth for all I'd
      like to do;
  But, having lived and having toiled, I'd like the
      world to find
  Some little touch of beauty that my soul had
      left behind.

[The end]
Edgar A. Guest's poem: Gentle Gardener

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