Poem 2 Growing With Love
Growing With Love Lord, protect the little ones, Those learning to walk, to run, to climb, As they take their tumbles and their knocks, Help them grow strong like chestnut trees, May they be upright as tall pines climbing the hills. But teach them to bend too - To be humble like the willow, Which bows low gracefully, And comes to no harm. Ruskin Bond On the basis of the reading of the poem, answer the following questions in brief. 1. Who prays to God in the above poem? 2. What does he pray to Him in the fourth line? 3. What does he pray to Him in the fifth line? 4. What does he pray to Him in the sixth line? 5. What qualities of the willow tree have been highlighted in the above poem? Answers 11. Poet Ruskin Bond 2. He pray...