Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE ORPHAN CHILD, by GRACE WAGNER WILLIAMS


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THE ORPHAN CHILD, by                    
First Line: Just lend me an ear and I'll tell you
Last Line: "we reap just what we sow."
Subject(s): Orphans; Foundlings


Just lend me an ear and I'll tell you
What's the saddest thing in the world,
And I'm sure that you will agree too
That it's the orphan boy or girl.

Sometimes they are given a comfortable Home,
But seldom a parent's love.
Most all of the time they feel so alone,
Often given a downward shove.

If you are not an orphan child,
You can never understand
The heartaches and the longing
For a mother's loving hand,

For a father's kind protection,
For someone to call you their own.
Oh, if you have never been an orphan,
Their sorrows you've never known.

So I beg of you to always be kind
To the orphan child that you know;
I'm certain that you will always find,
"We reap just what we sow."





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