So old is the wood, so old,
Old as Fear.
Wrinkled roots; great stems; hushed leaves;
No sound near.
Shadows retreat into shadow,
Deepening, crossed.
Burning light singles a low leaf, a bough,
Far within, lost.
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Quotes of the Day
To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.
by Herman Melville
Since, for the charity they knew,
None cared the exile to upbraid
Or further breast — while yet he threw,
In silence that oppressive weighed,
The after-influence of his spell —