Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PETRIFIED FOREST, by MINNIE T. WEIR


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THE PETRIFIED FOREST, by                    
First Line: Great fallen monarchs of the forest lie
Last Line: And gaze with thoughtful, wondering eyes?
Subject(s): Forests; Woods


Great fallen monarchs of the forest lie
In broken lengths upon the treeless plain,
Close by those lone twin mountains, standing guard
Like watchful sentinels above the slain.

What mighty force of nature threw them down
To lie for countless ages underneath the loam,
And kept them hidden from the wind and rain
Changing their oaken hearts to hearts of stone?

What great upheaval threw them forth again
To rest beneath these brazen prairie skies,
That we, the children of another age may come
And gaze with thoughtful, wondering eyes?





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