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" Trees (For Mrs. Henry Mills Alden)
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only "

Joyce Kilmer , Trees and Other Poems


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Joyce Kilmer quote : Trees (For Mrs. Henry Mills Alden)<br /> I think that I shall never see<br />A poem lovely as a tree.<br /> A tree whose hungry mouth is prest<br />Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;<br /> A tree that looks at God all day,<br />And lifts her leafy arms to pray;<br /> A tree that may in Summer wear<br />A nest of robins in her hair;<br /> Upon whose bosom snow has lain;<br />Who intimately lives with rain.<br /> Poems are made by fools like me,<br />But only