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Each fortnight a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many LibriVox volunteers as possible!Henry Cuyler Bunner was a political journalist and the editor of Puck, one of America’s first comic magazines. He was the author of several plays, novels, and books of poems. This project is his debut in the fortnightly poetry projects. (Summary by )
This fortnight's poem can be found here.
Project Code: 81HaUC29
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Begin your reading with the abbreviated LibriVox disclaimer:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Then read the poem:The Heart of the Tree by Henry Cuyler Bunner, read for librivox.org by [your name].
[Add, if you wish, date, and/or your location.]
At the end of your reading, leave a space and then say:What does he plant who plants a tree?
..He plants a friend of sun and sky;
He plants the flag of breezes free;
..The shaft of beauty, towering high;
..He plants a home to heaven anigh;
....For song and 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 plant who plants a tree?
..He plants cool shade and tender rain,
And seed and bud of days to be,
..And years that fade and flush 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 plants 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 neighborhood,
....Who in the hollow of His hand
....Holds all the growth of all our land—
A nation's growth from sea to sea
Stirs in his heart who plants a tree.
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
Filename: heartofthetree_bunner_your initials in lowercase_128kb.mp3 (e.g. heartofthetree_bunner_klh_128kb.mp3)
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