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MOON LIGHT
The Heart of the tree
What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants a friend of sun and sky;
He plants the flag of breezes free;
The sha� of beauty, towering high
He plants a home to heaven anigh;
For song 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 plants who plants a tree?
He plants cool shade and tender rain,
And seed and bud of days to be,
And years that fades and flushes 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 pants 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 na�on's growth from sea to sea
S�rs in his heart who plants a tree.
-Juweriya fatima
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