Child's Song In Spring Poem by Edith Nesbit

Child's Song In Spring

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The Silver Birch is a dainty lady,
She wears a satin gown;
The elm tree makes the old churchyard shady,
She will not live in town.

The English oak is a sturdy fellow,
He gets his green coat late;
The willow is smart in a suit of yellow
While brown the beech trees wait.

Such a gay green gown God gives the larches-
As green as he is good!
The hazels hold up their arms for arches,
When spring rides through the wood.

The chestnut’s proud, and the lilac’s pretty,
The poplar’s gentle and tall,
But the plane tree’s kind to the poor dull city-
I love him best of all!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Anna Wyn 22 June 2018

I learned this poem Oh so long ago...but as I walked in the local park today some lines came back to me...almost all of it in fact. It's wonderful to be able to access these poems so easily. A great facility :)

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Kennington / Surrey / England
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