A TREE AND A BIRD.
—D.L.P.
What is a tree? A thing of wood That seems to be , Of little good? Ah, no! it seems That mystic dreams Live in a tree. Nor is this odd It seems to me, For every tree Holds some of God. What is a bird? A thing that flies? Or in a word That lives and dies? But how absurd! A bird to me Breathes mystery, And when it sings From shrub or tree. The welkin rings With mystic glee. For God is heard Whene’er a bird Sings in a tree.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 24, 1 July 1931, Page 7
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97A TREE AND A BIRD. Forest and Bird, Issue 24, 1 July 1931, Page 7
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