Thursday, January 1, 2004

The Giant Oak Comments

Rating: 3.0

And then the sound of marching armies 'woke
Amid the branches of the soldier oak,
And tempests ceased their warring cry, and dumb
The lashing storms that muttered, overcome,
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Emily Pauline Johnson
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Elena Van Laren 10 June 2020

It is definitely a beautiful poem.

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* Sunprincess * 20 August 2014

..............and the giant oak still stands......very nice...

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Terry Craddock 20 August 2014

Seems like the oak lost this battle, armies and wars remain profilic, but oak forests have fallen, oak tress continue to be cut down; while wars sadly continue to arise and escalate.

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whenever i see an oak tree i think of its strength..legend has it if you carry an acorn you will never be struck by lightning.. good short poem..

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