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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO AN OLD TREE, by ANNETTE WYNNE
First Line: The tree must stand, it cannot run
Last Line: And seen ten thousand storms go by!
Subject(s): February; Old Age
First Line: The tree must stand, it cannot run
Last Line: And seen ten thousand storms go by!
Subject(s): February; Old Age
THE tree must stand, it cannot run;
Whatever comes of snow or sun
It has to bear; it has no fears;
Knowing not regret nor tears
It stands and stretches to the sky
Without a murmur, plaint or sigh—
And this has stood a thousand years,
And seen ten thousand storms go by!
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