The Silver Birch is a dainty lady,
She wears a satin gown;
The elm tree makes the old churchyard shady,
She will not live in town.
The English oak is a sturdy fellow,
He gets his green coat late;
The willow is smart in a suit of yellow
While brown the beech trees wait.
Such a gay green gown God gives the larches-
As green as he is good!
The hazels hold up their arms for arches,
When spring rides through the wood.
The chestnut-s proud, and the lilac-s pretty,
The poplar-s gentle and tall,
But the plane tree-s kind to the poor dull city-
I love him best of all!
Child's Song In Spring
Edith Nesbit
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Poem topics: city, god, poor, silver, smart, spring, gentle, good, wait, town, brown, pretty, lady, hold, live, yellow, plane, love, tree, I love you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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Jean (nee) Bray: A long, long time ago, in the 1930s, at Luton, I had to learn this poem by heart - as one did in those days at school. It stuck with me, and at 90, my well-worn memory recalled it as I looked up my garden, and watched the silver birch, with leaves falling. It is a lovely sight.
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