Trees that, like the poplar, hit upward all their boughs, give no shade and no shelter, whatever their height. Trees the most lovingly shelter and shade us, when, like the willow, the higher soar their summits, the lowlier droop their boughs.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Trees that, like the poplar, hit upward all their boughs, give no shade and no shelter, whatever their height. Trees the most lovingly shelter and shade us, when, like the willow, the higher soar their summits, the lowlier droop their boughs." in the context of "Edward Bulwer-Lytton, What Will He Do With It? (1858), Book XI, Chapter X, introductory lines." to mean that wisdom is timeless.