WHAT does he plant who plants a tree? <br />He plants a friend of sun and sky; <br />He plants the flag of breezes free; <br />The shaft of beauty, towering high. <br />He plants a home to heaven anigh <br />For song and mother-croon of bird <br />In hushed and happy twilight heard - <br />The treble of heaven's harmony - <br />These things he plants who plants a tree. <br /> <br />What does he plant who plants a tree? <br />He plants cool shade and tender rain, <br />And seed and bud of days to be, <br />And years that fade and flush again; <br />He plants the glory of the plain; <br />He plants the forest's heritage; <br />The harvest of a coming age; <br />They joy that unborn eyes shall see - <br />These things he plants who plants a tree. <br /> <br />What does he plant who plants a tree? <br />He plants, in sap and leaf and wood, <br />In love of home and loyalty <br />And far-cast thought of civic good - <br />His blessing on the neighborhood <br />Who in the hollow of His hand <br />Holds all the growth of all our land - <br />A nation's growth from sea to sea <br />Stirs in his heart who plants a tree.<br /><br />Henry Cuyler Bunner<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-heart-of-the-tree/
