“And this our life, exempt1 from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees.”—As You Like It.
’Twas in a shady Avenue,
Where lofty Elms abound2 —
And from a Tree
There came to me
A sad and solemn sound,
That sometimes murmur3’d overhead,
And sometimes underground.
Amongst the leaves it seem’d to sigh,
Amid the boughs4 to moan;
It mutter’d in the stem, and then
The roots took up the tone;
As if beneath the dewy grass
The dead began to groan6.
No breeze there was to stir the leaves;
No bolts that tempests launch,
To rend7 the trunk or rugged8 bark;
No gale9 to bend the branch;
No quake of earth to heave the roots,
That stood so stiff and staunch.
No bird was preening10 up aloft,
To rustle11 with its wing;
No squirrel, in its sport or fear.
From bough5 to bough to spring.
The solid bole
Had ne’er a hole
To hide a living thing!
No scooping12 hollow cell to lodge13
A furtive14 beast or fowl15,
The martin, bat,
Or forest cat
That nightly loves to prowl,
Nor ivy17 nooks so apt to shroud18
The moping, snoring owl16.
But still the sound was in my ear,
A sad and solemn sound,
That sometimes murmur’d overhead,
And sometimes underground —
’Twas in a shady Avenue
Where lofty Elms abound.
Oh hath the Dryad still a tongue
In this ungenial clime?
Have Sylvan19 Spirits still a voice
As in the classic prime —
To make the forest voluble,
As in the olden time?
The olden time is dead and gone;
Its years have fill’d their sum —
And e’en in Greece — her native Greece —
The Sylvan Nymph is dumb —
From ash, and beech20, and aged21 oak,
No classic whispers come,
From Poplar, Pine, and drooping22 Birch,
And fragrant23 Linden Trees;
No living sound
E’er hovers24 round,
Unless the vagrant25 breeze,
The music of the merry bird,
Or hum of busy bees.
But busy bees forsake26 the Elm
That bears no bloom aloft —
The Finch27 was in the hawthorn-bush,
The Blackbird in the croft;
And among the firs the brooding Dove,
That else might murmur soft.
Yet still I heard that solemn sound,
And sad it was to boot,
From ev’ry overhanging bough,
And each minuter shoot;
From rugged trunk and mossy rind,
And from the twisted root.
From these — a melancholy30 moan;
From those — a dreary31 sigh;
As if the boughs were wintry bare,
And wild winds sweeping32 by —
Whereas the smallest fleecy cloud
Was steadfast33 in the sky.
No sign or touch of stirring air
Could either sense observe —
The zephyr34 had not breath enough
The thistle-down to swerve35,
Or force the filmy gossamers
To take another curve.
In still and silent slumber36 hush’d
All Nature seem’d to be:
From heaven above, or earth beneath,
No whisper came to me —
Except the solemn sound and sad
From that MYSTERIOUS TREE!
A hollow, hollow, hollow, sound,
As is that dreamy roar
When distant billows boil and bound
Along a shingly37 shore —
But the ocean brim was far aloof38,
A hundred miles or more.
No murmur of the gusty39 sea,
No tumult40 of the beach,
However they may foam41 and fret42,
The bounded sense could reach —
Methought the trees in mystic tongue
Were talking each to each! —
Mayhap, rehearsing ancient tales
Of greenwood love or guilt44,
Of whisper’d vows45
Beneath their boughs;
Or blood obscurely spilt,
Or of that near-hand Mansion46 House
A royal Tudor built.
Perchance, of booty won or shared
Beneath the starry47 cope —
Or where the suicidal wretch48
Hung up the fatal rope;
Or Beauty kept an evil tryste,
Insnared by Love and Hope.
Of graves, perchance, untimely scoop’d
At midnight dark and dank —
And what is underneath49 the sod
Whereon the grass is rank —
Of old intrigues50,
And privy51 leagues,
Tradition leaves in blank.
Of traitor52 lips that mutter’d plots —
Of Kin43 who fought and fell —
God knows the undiscovered schemes,
The arts and acts of Hell,
Perform’d long generations since,
If trees had tongues to tell!
With wary53 eyes, and ears alert,
As one who walks afraid,
I wander’d down the dappled path
Of mingled54 light and shade —
How sweetly gleam’d that arch of blue
Beyond the green arcade55!
How cheerily shone the glimpse of Heav’n
Beyond that verdant56 aisle57!
All overarch’d with lofty elms,
That quench’d the light, the while,
As dim and chill
As serves to fill
Some old Cathedral pile!
And many a gnarlèd trunk was there,
That ages long had stood,
Till Time had wrought58 them into shapes
Like Pan’s fantastic brood;
Or still more foul59 and hideous60 forms
That Pagans carve in wood!
A crouching61 Satyr lurking62 here —
And there a Goblin grim —
As staring full of demon63 life
As Gothic sculptor’s whim64 —
A marvel65 it had scarcely been
To hear a voice from him!
Some whisper from that horrid66 mouth
Of strange, unearthly tone;
Or wild infernal laugh, to chill
One’s marrow67 in the bone.
But no — it grins like rigid68 Death,
And silent as a stone!
As silent as its fellows be,
For all is mute with them —
The branch that climbs the leafy roof —
The rough and mossy stem —
The crooked69 root,
And tender shoot,
Where hangs the dewy gem70.
One mystic Tree alone there is,
Of sad and solemn sound —
That sometimes murmurs71 overhead,
And sometimes underground —
In all that shady Avenue,
Where lofty Elms abound.
Part 2.
The Scene is changed! No green Arcade,
No Trees all ranged a-row —
But scatter’d like a beaten host,
Dispersing72 to and fro;
With here and there a sylvan corse,
That fell before the foe73.
The Foe that down in yonder dell
Pursues his daily toil74;
As witness many a prostrate75 trunk,
Bereft76 of leafy spoil,
Hard by its wooden stump77, whereon
The adder78 loves to coil.
Alone he works — his ringing blows
Have banish’d bird and beast;
The Hind79 and Fawn80 have canter’d off
A hundred yards at least;
And on the maple81’s lofty top
The linnet’s song has ceased.
No eye his labor82 overlooks,
Or when he takes his rest,
Except the timid thrush that peeps
Above her secret nest,
Forbid by love to leave the young
Beneath her speckled breast.
The Woodman’s heart is in his work,
His axe83 is sharp and good:
With sturdy arm and steady aim
He smites84 the gaping85 wood;
From distant rocks
His lusty knocks
Re-echo many a rood.
His axe is keen, his arm is strong;
The muscles serve him well;
His years have reach’d an extra span,
The number none can tell;
But still his lifelong task has been
The Timber Tree to fell.
Through Summer’s parching86 sultriness,
And Winter’s freezing cold,
From sapling youth
To virile87 growth.
And Age’s rigid mould,
His energetic axe hath rung
Within that Forest old.
Aloft, upon his poising88 steel
The vivid sunbeams glance —
About his head and round his feet
The forest shadows dance;
And bounding from his russet coat
The acorn89 drops askance.
His face is like a Druid’s face,
With wrinkles furrow’d deep,
And tann’d by scorching90 suns as brown
As corn that’s ripe to reap;
But the hair on brow, and cheek, and chin,
Is white as wool of sheep.
His frame is like a giant’s frame;
His legs are long and stark91;
His arms like limbs of knotted yew92;
His hands like rugged bark;
So he felleth still
With right good will,
As if to build an Ark!
Oh! well within His fatal path
The fearful Tree might quake
Through every fibre, twig93, and leaf,
With aspen tremor94 shake;
Through trunk and root,
And branch and shoot,
A low complaining make!
Oh! well to Him the Tree might breathe
A sad and solemn sound,
A sigh that murmur’d overhead,
And groans95 from underground;
As in that shady Avenue
Where lofty Elms abound!
But calm and mute the Maple stands,
The Plane, the Ash, the Fir,
The Elm, the Beech, the drooping Birch,
Without the least demur96;
And e’en the Aspen’s hoary97 leaf
Makes no unusual stir.
The Pines — those old gigantic Pines,
That writhe98 — recalling soon
The famous Human Group that writhes99
With Snakes in wild festoon —
In ramous wrestlings interlaced
A Forest Laocoon —
Like Titans of primeval girth
By tortures overcome,
Their brown enormous limbs they twine100,
Bedew’d with tears of gum —
Fierce agonies that ought to yell,
But, like the marble, dumb.
Nay101, yonder blasted Elm that stands
So like a man of sin,
Who, frantic102, flings his arms abroad
To feel the Worm within —
For all that gesture, so intense,
It makes no sort of din28!
An universal silence reigns103
In rugged bark or peel,
Except that very trunk which rings
Beneath the biting steel —
Meanwhile the Woodman plies104 his axe
With unrelenting zeal105!
No rustic106 song is on his tongue,
No whistle on his lips;
But with a quiet thoughtfulness
His trusty tool he grips,
And, stroke on stroke, keeps hacking107 out
The bright and flying chips.
Stroke after stroke, with frequent dint108
He spreads the fatal gash109;
Till, lo! the remnant fibres rend,
With harsh and sudden crash,
And on the dull resounding110 turf
The jarring branches lash111!
Oh! now the Forest Trees may sigh,
The Ash, the Poplar tall,
The Elm, the Beech, the drooping Birch,
The Aspens — one and all,
With solemn groan
And hollow moan
Lament112 a comrade’s fall!
A goodly Elm, of noble girth,
That, thrice the human span —
While on their variegated113 course
The constant Seasons ran —
Through gale, and hail, and fiery114 bolt,
Had stood erect115 as Man.
But now, like mortal Man himself,
Struck down by hand of God,
Or heathen Idol116 tumbled prone117
Beneath th’ Eternal’s nod,
In all its giant bulk and length
It lies along the sod!
Ay, now the Forest Trees may grieve
And make a common moan
Around that patriarchal trunk
So newly overthrown118;
And with a murmur recognize
A doom119 to be their own!
The Echo sleeps: the idle axe,
A disregarded tool,
Lies crushing with its passive weight
The toad’s reputed stool —
The Woodman wipes his dewy brow
Within the shadows cool.
No Zephyr stirs: the ear may catch
The smallest insect-hum;
But on the disappointed sense
No mystic whispers come;
No tone of sylvan sympathy,
The Forest Trees are dumb.
No leafy noise, nor inward voice,
No sad and solemn sound,
That sometimes murmurs overhead,
And sometimes underground;
As in that shady Avenue,
Where lofty Elms abound!
Part 3.
The deed is done: the Tree is low
That stood so long and firm;
The Woodman and his axe are gone,
His toil has found its term;
And where he wrought the speckled Thrush
Securely hunts the worm.
The Cony from the sandy bank
Has run a rapid race,
Through thistle, bent120, and tangled121 fern,
To seek the open space;
And on its haunches sits erect
To clean its furry122 face.
The dappled Fawn is close at hand,
The Hind is browsing123 near —
And on the Larch’s lowest bough
The Ousel whistles clear;
But checks the note
Within its throat,
As choked with sudden fear!
With sudden fear her wormy quest
The Thrush abruptly124 quits —
Through thistle, bent, and tangled fern
The startled Cony flits;
And on the Larch’s lowest bough
No more the Ousel sits.
With sudden fear
The dappled Deer
Effect a swift escape;
But well might bolder creatures start,
And fly, or stand agape,
With rising hair, and curdled125 blood,
To see so grim a Shape!
The very sky turns pale above;
The earth grows dark beneath;
The human Terror thrills with cold
And draws a shorter breath —
An universal panic owns
The dread126 approach of DEATH!
With silent pace, as shadows come,
And dark as shadows be,
The grisly Phantom127 takes his stand
Beside the fallen Tree,
And scans it with his gloomy eyes,
And laughs with horrid glee —
A dreary laugh and desolate128,
Where mirth is void and null,
As hollow as its echo sounds
Within the hollow skull129 —
“Whoever laid this tree along,
His hatchet130 was not dull!
“The human arm and human tool
Have done their duty well!
But after sound of ringing axe
Must sound the ringing knell131;
When Elm or Oak
Have felt the stroke,
My turn it is to fell!
“No passive unregarded tree,
A senseless thing of wood,
Wherein the sluggish132 sap ascends133
To swell134 the vernal bud —
But conscious, moving, breathing trunks
That throb135 with living blood!
“No forest Monarch136 yearly clad
In mantle137 green or brown;
That unrecorded lives, and falls
By hand of rustic clown —
But Kings who don the purple robe,
And wear the jewell’d crown.
“Ah! little recks the Royal mind,
Within his Banquet Hall,
While tapers138 shine and Music breathes
And Beauty leads the Ball —
He little recks the oaken plank139
Shall be his palace wall!
“Ah, little dreams the haughty140 Peer,
The while his Falcon141 flies —
Or on the blood-bedabbled turf
The antler’d quarry142 dies —
That in his own ancestral Park
The narrow dwelling143 lies!
“But haughty Peer and mighty144 King
One doom shall overwhelm!
The oaken cell
Shall lodge him well
Whose sceptre ruled a realm —
While he, who never knew a home,
Shall find it in the Elm!
“The tatter’d, lean, dejected wretch,
Who begs from door to door,
And dies within the cressy ditch,
Or on the barren moor145,
The friendly Elm shall lodge and clothe
That houseless man and poor!
“Yea, this recumbent rugged trunk,
That lies so long and prone,
With many a fallen acorn-cup,
And mast, and furry cone146 —
This rugged trunk shall hold its share
Of mortal flesh and bone!
“A Miser147 hoarding148 heaps of gold,
But pale with ague-fears —
A Wife lamenting149 love’s decay,
With secret cruel tears,
Distilling150 bitter, bitter drops
From sweets of former years —
“A Man within whose gloomy mind
Offence had deeply sunk,
Who out of fierce Revenge’s cup
Hath madly, darkly drunk —
Grief, Avarice151, and Hate shall sleep
Within this very trunk!
“This massy trunk that lies along,
And many more must fall —
For the very knave152
Who digs the grave,
The man who spreads the pall153,
And he who tolls154 the funeral bell,
The Elm shall have them all!
“The tall abounding155 Elm that grows
In hedgerows up and down;
In field and forest, copse and park,
And in the peopled town,
With colonies of noisy rooks
That nestle on its crown.
“And well th’ abounding Elm may grow
In field and hedge so rife156,
In forest, copse, and wooded park,
And ‘mid the city’s strife157,
For, every hour that passes by
Shall end a human life!”
The Phantom ends: the shade is gone;
The sky is clear and bright;
On turf, and moss29, and fallen Tree,
There glows a ruddy light;
And bounding through the golden fern
The Rabbit comes to bite.
The Thrush’s mate beside her sits
And pipes a merry lay;
The Dove is in the evergreen158;
And on the Larch’s spray
The Fly-bird flutters up and down,
To catch its tiny prey159.
The gentle Hind and dappled Fawn
Are coming up the glade160;
Each harmless furr’d and feather’d thing
Is glad, and not afraid —
But on my sadden’d spirit still
The Shadow leaves a shade.
A secret, vague, prophetic gloom,
As though by certain mark
I knew the fore-appointed Tree,
Within whose rugged bark
This warm and living frame shall find
Its narrow house and dark.
That mystic Tree which breathed to me
A sad and solemn sound,
That sometimes murmur’d overhead,
And sometimes underground;
Within that shady Avenue
Where lofty Elms abound.
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sylvan
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