THE FOREST.
In gracious friendliness the forest stands With arms outspread to shield from sun and rain And beckons us into a quiet lane As one who welcomes friends with outstretched hands, And proffers freedom of his house and lands. Though filled with voices one cannot explain, A quietness pervades the vast domain As when one enters some cathedral grand. On entering we feel beneath our feet Luxurious carpetings of moss and leaf, As, reverently, down arching aisles we pace. With majesty the woodland seems replete; Enchanting, wondrous, strengthening our belief That sylvan gods are dwellers of the place. .i ~; ; ■ - — Conrad Sedgewick,
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Forest and Bird, Issue 23, 1 March 1931, Page 16
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102THE FOREST. Forest and Bird, Issue 23, 1 March 1931, Page 16
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