Foresight: Trees

Grigoriy Myasoyedov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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'Trees' by Walter de la Mare

Of all the trees in England,
     Her sweet three corners in,
Only the Ash, the bonnie Ash
     Burns fierce while it is green.

Of all the trees in England,
     From sea to sea again,
The Willow loveliest stoops her boughs
     Beneath the driving rain.

Of all the trees in England,
     Past frankincense and myrrh,
There's none for smell, of bloom and smoke,
     Like Lime and Juniper.

Of all the trees in England,
     Oak, Elder, Elm and Thorn,
The Yew alone burns lamps of peace
     For them that lie forlorn.

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Grigoriy Grigorievich Myasoyedov (1834–1911) was a Russian realist painter.

​Walter John de la Mare (1873–1956) was an English poet, short story writer and novelist.