THE LITTLE TREE
No taller brethren dwell hard by To mock him for his littleness Alone he stands against tho sky, S'ea-dust in every tattered -tress. No Saul among the Sussex trees O’er-nods him, greaved in mossy hark; '' . . .. He Buffets with the untempcred breeze And is lone listener to the lark. The lark goes climbing up to Heaven Forgetful of the little tree; But when sho folds her wings at even And drops beside him, there is he . With wondering arms outstretched to greet, And thorn-flower crownets rosypearled, In silent homage to the sweet ' ■ Singer whose singing wakes the world. Then when with June his flowers depart, . And with October fly his leaves, He holds stout courage m his heart. - Nor with the/ croaking coppice grieves 4 When swerving seagulls scream and strive . , ■ O’er the brown furrows, driven by men, His dole of berries keeps ahva A yellowhftmmcr and a wren. —Dorothy Margaret Stuart.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 35, 4 November 1922, Page 17
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154THE LITTLE TREE Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 35, 4 November 1922, Page 17
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