Possible Clues:

• Hoarse
• Deep and hoarse, as a voice
• Rough, rocky ground in which article is buried
• Rough bark perhaps covering tree
• Call to hug tree, sounding rough
• Husky gets to bark around tree
• Something mighty in shout, so hoarse
• Weep, hugging tree, struggling to speak
• Guttural
• Shout, going around wood, getting hoarse