Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN THE DEPTHS OF A FOREST, by HENRY CLARENCE KENDALL


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IN THE DEPTHS OF A FOREST, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the depths of a forest secluded and wild
Last Line: And rejoice that a rest has been found for the weary.
Subject(s): Forests; Woods


In the depths of a Forest secluded and wild,
The night voices whisper in passionate numbers;
And I'm leaning again, as I did when a child,
O'er the grave where my father so quietly slumbers.

The years have rolled by with a thundering sound
But I knew, O ye woodlands, affection would know it,
And the spot which I stand on is sanctified ground
By the love that I bear to him sleeping below it.

Oh! well may the winds with a saddening moan
Go fitfully over the branches so dreary;
And well may I kneel by the time-shattered stone,
And rejoice that a rest has been found for the weary.







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