A sour lemon tree flower attracts the bee <br />While its fruit is bitter not so its flower <br />White is its flower sweet and very pretty <br />Only the fruit is bitter and that's just a pity <br />As the beauty of its flower resist not a bee <br />It's the simple truth <br />Or see the sour lemon tree <br /> <br />With fruit that is bitter bears a lemon tree <br />But useful is its fruit good for everyday use <br />Once said a bee... your flower is very sweet <br />It carries fragrance scented out in the street <br />Yet bears you fruit bitter no one wants to eat <br />It's partly the truth <br />Or see the sour lemon tree <br /> <br />A citrus tree with fruit no other tree bears <br />Then out of the tree came a nice neat voice <br />'Twas like a voice of one who's very wise <br />This is what it said trees are not so free <br />One made a decree for every bearing tree <br />It's partly the truth <br />Or see the sour lemon tree <br /> <br />The Creator decides the fruit a tree bears <br />Whether it be bitter or whether it be sweet <br />The Creator decrees for every bearing tree <br />To bring forth fruit ordained for it to bear <br />Then sweet or bitter bears a tree its fruit <br />It's the simple truth <br />Or see the sour lemon tree.<br /><br />Clarence Prince<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-sour-lemon-tree/
