Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-29

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by sun and air. and by nothing else, IL they
are to he rounded out into fl symmetry.
Growing right up by It's side. and through It's
branches is a long willy ,ln-bsauiv and
grace cmbosomed by strength. Their leaves
come and go together, and all the summer
song they minelo their rustling bsrmonie-
Their roots pasture in the same soil, nor could
either Of them be hewn down without tear.
ING away the branches, and marring the beau.
" of the other And tree thoroughly dis
branchsd. may, by time and care, regain its
health, but never il, beauty.
Under this oak love 10 si, and hear al.
the things It's leaves have 10 tell. Noprinled
leaves have more treasure oi history or of
liicialure TO ,huse aho h.,,- how TO li.i.n.
Rot n clouds ki-Jiy shield 10 re-. ihs sun,
then We love ~ well In couch down on the
grass some yards of, SD watch the green
and dusky white, a, the wind turn. the leave,
up or down, all along the tremulcus forest.
side And by the way there j, world uf
matter In this habit of leit,s. In somc trees
they have an individuality Of movement, in
others they move IN cluster, and 10 others In
massr'. The leaves OF naples move In com
muniric' II ons quivsrs. they are all quiv.
crlng together. Yod think ofihe whole tree
when You look lti:. A puff Of wind hi,en'
the whole fores, side NJ naples. But in the
,ullp tree and all native roplars and aspsns.
each lslys moves by itself Under ihe sane
wind one !, thrilling .annlher whirling ,nolh.
cr slowly vibrating RIGHT and lon, ard cach
one acting quite independently OF the other
liis real specimen of indryidu.li'm. The
naples arc socillsuc Both seem to do very
veil ipi, their respective theories. ] have
questioned both as to ihis rre,t conflicting
problem. association or Individual soyrr-irn:.
iy. bot ihslr REPLIES. u kr some other ,smmu.
nicntiops with a world Of importance IN them
and a solemn scmblance of deep revelations,
leave me IN the end to make up my own mind
on the subject tho bes, way I can. Still, I
love to hear then buI,. A stroke oi wind
upon the forest. indoleully swelling and sub
siIiar 10 Ike a stroke upon hive ol bees for
sound. and like stirring FIRE full " sparks,
Tor unspungnp thoughts ard ideal ,urr,,.
lions The mslodiouS ~hr draws out fi.
ting swarm NJ sweet im,grs that play before
lh- eve Ike those evening troops n s1uzy in.
secls that hang IN ,lc cir between YOU and
the snn, and pipe their own muse, and rr
In airy rounds II MINGLED dance as II tho
whole errand NJ their live, was 10 swing IN
10 ml7rs ~ sweet music. but to rrinrn 10
the leaves our ssltlri conviction ~, that u i.
hes, Tor every leaf to use is o~n stem in ne
own way. and fur every tree 20 follow ~ own
inward impulse, upward, outward, In form
and motion Of leaf, t.ig, tourh 'rd trunk,
Where trees eanuot help themselves they
had beiirr grow in forests, long drawn md
lean. with m side branches, bu, only slop,
spread to the sun ar up. Thus growing lhcy
will hold each other up, and, being shallow
rooted, resist the storm w their common
strength They will BE- good for timber, for
fuel, and for solitude of shades. Bu, II II be
given to a tree TO sianlou where the east and
the west, the north and the souih al look At
it a, once, and each give, II gifts Of beau.
~. rounding it up into mighty tower nj
strengths let Il stand TO tell the world what
God though, Of when he fret thought Of q
lroc,
Thu, 10 We stand, noble slns LlNsd uT
- high are your ropno,, boughs, that no in,
dolcn, bird, care 4, seek you, and ool, those
nimblc wings. and they With unwonicd beat,
th't love clertion, and aspire to sing where
none sing higher aspiration So heaven
gives It pure as flames to the noble bosom.
Bu, deblscd with passion and ,.lf'hncss II
comes to be- only ambition!
II wos in the presence ofthi pasture elm,
when we name the queen, that We first felI
to our ycry narrow. that VIC h,d indeed be-
come owners II soil II wa, with a feeling
Of awe tha, We looked up into is face, and
when whispered TO myself this ;s mine,
there was 4 shrinking as If there were ,acri.
lrr- 10 the very thought OF properly in such
a Creature Of God, as this cathedral.iopped
tree Does a mln bare his head in some old
church So did standing in the shadow nj
this regal tree. and looking Up into the com
plrtcd glory, at which three hundred years
have been at work with noiselrss fingers
What was in iis presence but a eTas.hoP'
per- Ny heart said, "l may no, call thee
properly, and that property mine Thou be
longes, to the air. Thou art the child ofsum'
mer. Thou art the mighty temple where
birds praise God. Thou belongest to no man.
hand, but to all mems eyes that do love beau
~. and that have learned through beauty "a
behold God Stand then in thine own beau
ty and grandeur shall he a lover and ,
protector To keep droughls from thy root, and
tie axe from thy trunk
For remonele,, men there arc crawling
vet uron the face ul the earth, smitien blind
aud invarjly dead whose only thought oI
the tree Of ages is that il Is food for the axe
aud saw These are the wretche. Of whom
the Scripture ,pcaks,"i man was famous ae'
,ording as he had liitsd Up axe, upon the
thick trees"
Thus famous. or rather infamous. ~aS III,
las owner b1t one. before me, Of this farm
Upon the crown of the hill, Just where an ar.