Trees

"Trees" is a song by Oscar Rasbach setting the famous poem of Joyce Kilmer.

Date: 1922Composer: Oscar RasbachText: Joyce Kilmer

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Trees
by Joyce Kilmer

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth’s 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 God can make a tree.

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Trees

Composer(s): Oscar Rasbach

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