Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GARDEN IN WINTER, by DOROTHY WHITEHEAD HOUGH


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GARDEN IN WINTER, by                    
First Line: My garden is all put to bed for the winter
Last Line: For another season of blooming.
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; Winter


My garden is all put to bed for the winter.
Faded and dead are its bright-colored blossoms,
Its green leaves are turned to dull brown.
But deep in the dark soil the drv bulbs
And the delicate rootlets are sleeping;
While the snow makes a blanket above them,
They sleep and they wait for the spring's
First call to awakening life.

Sometimes when dark days are burdened;
When my hands are wearied with working;
I wish that some kindly gardener
Would cover me warm, and leave me to rest
Like the roots and the bulbs in my garden --
To sleep and grow strong like the flowers
For another season of blooming.





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