Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FIR TREE, by ANNETTE WYNNE


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THE FIR TREE, by                    
First Line: I heard a mother fir tree say
Last Line: Our shining christmas tree.
Subject(s): Christmas Trees; December


I HEARD a mother fir tree say
All in the wood a summer day,
"Children, if you're straight and good
In the wood,
You shall grow at last to be
A Christmas tree!"

And O, the small trees heard
Every single word,
And the little stars shone down to light
The limbs like Christmas night,
And so all year they stood
Straight and good;
And then we brought one here to be
Our shining Christmas tree.





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