Read these lines from the fourth stanza.
“My heart-strings round thee cling,
Close as thy bark, old friend;"
These lines mainly help readers understand
A. how much the speaker loves the tree
B. how the speaker still lives near the tree
C. how determined the speaker is
D. how the speaker used to climb the tree
(Help me on what this quote “My heart-strings round thee cling,
Close as thy bark, old friend” means in this passage)
