This poem expresses the speaker's view that trees are more lovely than poems. It describes a tree with its roots in the earth, looking to God in prayer with its leaves, wearing a nest of robins in the summer, living with rain and snow. The last line acknowledges that while the speaker can make poems, only God can create a tree.
This poem expresses the speaker's view that trees are more lovely than poems. It describes a tree with its roots in the earth, looking to God in prayer with its leaves, wearing a nest of robins in the summer, living with rain and snow. The last line acknowledges that while the speaker can make poems, only God can create a tree.
This poem expresses the speaker's view that trees are more lovely than poems. It describes a tree with its roots in the earth, looking to God in prayer with its leaves, wearing a nest of robins in the summer, living with rain and snow. The last line acknowledges that while the speaker can make poems, only God can create a tree.