THE FALLEN TREE
From RUTH PARK, 211 Eden Terrace, Auckland. (Original) My branches are withered, and leafless and brown, My trunk bears the scars of the frost, Ape lies upon me, life seems beyond me, I have battled with winter—and lost. No more will 1 toss my proud head in defiance, Of storms and of winds and of rain. For the lightning liaa rent me, its fury has spent me, 3 I never will battle again. For the God of the Thunder has risen in might, And foiled me to earth with a blow. My boughs above shivered, for my great i stem was riven. And I crashed to the earth far below. And the wind and the storm howled in triumphant glee, At the fall of a monarch supreme, But the trees of the bush were solemn and hushed. And rustled a mournful requiem.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21562, 5 August 1933, Page 4 (Supplement)
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145THE FALLEN TREE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21562, 5 August 1933, Page 4 (Supplement)
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