The Heart of the Tree
What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants the 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;
The joys 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
Stir in his heart who plants a tree.
by Author Unknown
What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants the 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;
The joys 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
Stir in his heart who plants a tree.
by Author Unknown
