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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COMFORT OF THE TREES, by RICHARD WATSON GILDER Poet's Biography First Line: Gentle and generous, brave-hearted, kind Last Line: Found comfort in the moving green of trees. Subject(s): Assassination; Mckinley, William (1843-1901); Trees | |||
GENTLE and generous, brave-hearted, kind, And full of love and trust was he, our chief; He never harmed a soul! Oh, dull and blind And cruel, the hand that smote, beyond belief! Strike him? It could not be! Soon should we find 'T was but a torturing dream -- our sudden grief! Then sobs and wailings down the northern wind Like the wild voice of shipwreck from a reef! By false hope lulled (his courage gave us hope!) By day, by night we watched, -- until unfurled At last the word of fate! -- Our memories Cherish one tender thought in their sad scope: He, looking from the window on this world, Found comfort in the moving green of trees. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PROBLEM OF DESCRIBING TREES by ROBERT HASS THE GREEN CHRIST by ANDREW HUDGINS MIDNIGHT EDEN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN REFLECTION OF THE WOOD by LEONIE ADAMS THE LIFE OF TREES by DORIANNE LAUX |
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