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Plant a Garden ~ by Edgar A. Guest ~ adapted a leeeetle by Gail

If your purse no longer bulges
and you’ve lost your golden treasure

If at times you think you’re lonely
and have grown hungry for pleasure

Don’t sit by your hearth and grumble
don’t let mind and spirit harden

If it’s thrills of joy you wish for
get to work and plant a garden!

If it’s drama that you sigh for
plant a garden and you’ll get it

You will know the thrill of battle
fighting foes that will beset it …

If you long for entertainment and
for pageantry most glowing

Plant a garden and this summer spend
your time with green things growing.

If it’s comradeship you sight for
learn the fellowship of daisies

You will come to know your neighbor
by the blossoms that he raises.

If you’d get away from boredom
and find new delights to look for

Learn the joy of budding pansies
which you’ve kept a special nook for.

If you ever think of dying
and you fear to wake tomorrow

Plant a garden! It will cure you
of your melancholy sorrow.

Once you’ve learned to know peonies,
petunias, and roses

You will find every morning
some new happiness discloses.