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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TREE THAT INFLUENCED ME MOST, by SARAH AVERY FAUNCE
First Line: Let others sing in praise of men
Last Line: Was mother's little birch.
Subject(s): Trees
First Line: Let others sing in praise of men
Last Line: Was mother's little birch.
Subject(s): Trees
Let others sing in praise of men,
Of art and books galore;
My song shall be of impress deep
Wrought by the woodland's store.
Of aspirations that the oak
Taught from her acorn small;
Of perseverance that my soul
Learned from the chestnut tall.
The maple fair, the stately pine,
Each willow by the brook
Guided my childhood's careless thought
In upward ways to look.
But yet 'tis true beyond dispute,
As memory's leaves I search,
The tree that influenced me most
Was mother's little birch.
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