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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HEART OF THE TREE, by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What does he plant who plants a tree? Last Line: Stirs in his heart who plants a tree. Subject(s): Trees | |||
WHAT does he plant who plants a tree? He plants the friend of sun and sky; He plants the flag of breezes free; The shaft of beauty, towering high; He plants a home to heaven anigh For song and mother-croon of bird In hushed and happy twilight heard -- The treble of heaven's harmony -- These things he plants who plants a tree. What does he plant who plants a tree? He plants cool shade and tender rain, And seed and bud of days to be, And years that fade and flush again; He plants the glory of the plain; He plants the forest's heritage; The harvest of a coming age; The joy that unborn eyes shall see -- These things he plants who plants a tree. What does he plant who plants a tree? He plants, in sap and leaf and wood, In love of home and loyalty And far-cast thought of civic good -- His blessings on the neighborhood Who in the hollow of His hand Holds all the growth of all our land -- A nation's growth from sea to sea Stirs in his heart who plants a tree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PROBLEM OF DESCRIBING TREES by ROBERT HASS THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MIDNIGHT EDEN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN REFLECTION OF THE WOOD by LEONIE ADAMS THE LIFE OF TREES by DORIANNE LAUX THE CHAPERON by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER |
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