The Heart Of The Tree Poem by Henry Cuyler Bunner

The Heart Of The Tree



WHAT does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants a 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;
They 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 blessing 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.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Pawan Thakur 26 June 2022

Sehr gut! ! !

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Himanshu yadav 25 August 2019

It is very helpful to me

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Hussain ali 01 August 2018

Thank you

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Equisolstice 05 June 2018

What is the genre of the poem the heart of the tree

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