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The Heart of the Tree
Henry Cuyler Bunner
About Henry Cuyler Bunner
Henry Cuyler Bunner was an American novelist, poet, playwright and journalist who wrote poems and stories about the places he lived in and the people he saw. he was best known as the editor of a weekly magazine, called Puck, which was the first in America to feature humorous stories, articles and cartoons based on political figures and issues of the time.
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;
the 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 blessings on the neighbourhood,
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.
−Henry Cuyler Bunner
Available Answers
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What is compared to a flag?
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Why does the speaker say that the planter of the tree plants a home close to heaven? For whom is this home?
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How does someone 'plant' rain and shade?
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Why does the speaker say trees are the 'glory of the plain'?
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What are the blessings showered on the neighbourhood by the person who plants a tree?
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What feeling or thought arises in the heart of one who plants a tree?
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