Show AN ARBOR DAY What does he plant who plants a tree He plants the friend of sun and He plants the flag- free The shaft of towering He plants a home to heaven For song and mother-croon of bird In hushed and happy heard The treble of heaven's harmony These things he plants who plants a What does he plant who plants a He plants cool shade and tender And seed and bud of days to And years that fade and flush again He plants the glory of the plain He plants the forest's The harvest of a coining The joy that unborn eyes shall see These things he plants who plants a What does he plant who plants a tree He in and and In love of home and loyalty A far-cast thought of civic good His blessings 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 Henry Cuyler |