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 I think that I shall never scan
 A tree as lovely as a man.
  . . . read more 
 I think that I shall never scan
 A tree as lovely as a man.
  . . . .
   A tree depicts divinest plan,
    But God himself lives in a man. 
This is the forest primeval.
This is the forest primeval.
The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire.
The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire.
 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like 
a green bay tree.  
 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like 
a green bay tree. 
 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the 
earth: and if the tree fall toward read more 
 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the 
earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the 
north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. 
 I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have 
to live than other things do.  
 I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have 
to live than other things do. 
 No tree in all the grove but has its charms,
 Though each its hue peculiar.  
 No tree in all the grove but has its charms,
 Though each its hue peculiar. 
 On the Big Blackfoot River above the mouth of Belmont Creek the 
banks are fringed by large Ponderosa pines. read more 
 On the Big Blackfoot River above the mouth of Belmont Creek the 
banks are fringed by large Ponderosa pines. In the slanting sun 
of late afternoon the shadows of great branches reached across 
the river, and the trees took the river in their arms. 
 You'd scarce expect one of my age
 To speak in public on the stage;
  And if I read more 
 You'd scarce expect one of my age
 To speak in public on the stage;
  And if I chance to fall below
   Demosthenes or Cicero,
    Don't view me with a critic's eye,
     But pass my imperfections by.
      Large streams from little fountains flow,
       Tall oaks from little acorns grow.