I part the out-thrusting branches
and come in beneath
the blessed and the blessing trees.
Though I am silent
there is singing around me.
Though I am dark
there is vision around me.
Though I am heavy
there is flight around me.
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softly in the whispering of the wind ... sweetly in the melodies of the songbird ... peacefully in the rustling of the leaves ... and, lovingly in ways that touch your heart.
In the country it seems as if every tree said to me "Holy! Holy!" Who can give complete expression to the ecstasy of the woods! O, the sweet stillness of the woods!