Saga of the oak, and other poemsVenable, William Henry
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Saga of the oak, and other poems
Venable, William Henry
American poetry -- 20th century
PESTALOZZI 76
“THERE IS NO CASTE IN BLOOD” 80
VIVA LA GUERRA 82
BATTLE CRY 84
EL EMPLAZADO 86
NATIONAL SONG 88
THE RIGHT OF MIGHT 90
JAMES E. MURDOCH 92
THE CONCORD SEER 95
THE POET OF CLOVERNOOK 97
THE GREENFIELD WIZARD 99
WILLIAM BAIRD OF RIDGEVILLE 100
LET’S SHAKE 104
A WELCOME TO BOZ 107
THE BOOK AUCTION 109
A GIFT ACKNOWLEDGED 111
THE OLD HOMESTEAD 113
JENNIE MOORE 115
ASHES 116
POSY 117
A SNOW BIRD 119
THE UPSET 121
THE SCHOOL GIRL 122
THE READERS 125
WAG 126
DONATELLO 129
GABRIEL OF SCHWARTZENWALD 131
COFFEA ARABICA 137
AN INDIA SHAWL 140
APOLOGY 141
UNRECONCILED 144
ANNIVERSARY 146
AMAUROTE 148
_SAGA OF THE OAK_
SAGA OF THE OAK.
Hoarsely to the midnight moon
Voiced the oak his rugged rune:
“Harken, sibyl Moon, to me;
Hear the saga of the Tree.
“Thou, O queen of splendor, must
Pale and crumble back to dust;
Through slow eons diest thou,--
Doomsday craves my vitals now.
“I am scion of a line
Old, imperial, divine;
Earth produced my ancestor
Ere great Odin was, or Thor.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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