TREES AT LEISURE 



the reach of his hand. Ages 

 may have passed before man 

 gained sufficient mental stature 

 to pay admiring tribute to the 

 tree standing in all the glory of 

 its full leafage, shimmering in 

 the sunlight, making its myriad 

 bows to the restless winds; but 

 eons must have lapsed before 

 the human eye grew keen enough 

 and the human soul large enough 

 to give sympathetic comprehen- 

 sion to the beauty of bare 

 branches laced across changing 

 skies, which is the tree-lover's 

 full heritage. 



The mortal who has never 

 enjoyed a speaking acquaint- 

 ance with some individual tree 

 is to be pitied; for such an ac- 

 quaintance, once established, 

 naturally ripens into a friendli- 

 ness that brings serene comfort 



