A lovely 1922 art song about nature.
words by Joyce Kilmer
music by Oscar Rasbach
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Milton Suskind:
Lyrics
- I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree
A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed
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 God can make a tree
Sung here by Fred Feild: