By Scarlet Torch and Blade

By Scarlet Torch and Blade

To all the joy that colors give beneath the sun and moon; to all pleasurable sounds and wholesome odors of the earth and air and sea; to the warmth and glow of genial firesides and to the bite of winter winds; to the rain upon the lichens; to the majesty of mountains and the awfulness of high places; to the darkness of caves and the friendliness of far-off trails; to every furry thingthe shy, the dumb, and whatsoever creature has found expression in his fancy; to both the nobler and the meaner natures of men; to lifes laughter and lifes tears and to all fruitful experience; to these sources, for whatsoever [Pg viii] good may here be found, the author makes acknowledgment. A number of the rhymes in the present volume have previously appeared in the Associated Press, Judge, Leslies, the Oregon Sunday Journal, and The Open Road. For permission to reprint the drawings the author is indebted to the publishers of Scribners Magazine. When the Man of Galilee spoke of The Tree of Life the metaphor was used advisedly. Is not a tree the very essence of life unfolding hour by hour and day by daythe harbinger of beauty on mountain and plain, the salvation of the waste-places, the antithesis of all monotony? The tender green of young trees in the sunlight, the golden laughter of autumn boughs, the loneliness of leafless trees against the sunset sky, the mystery of solemn contours drenched in moonlight, the cold, white loveliness of trees in winterwhat would earth be without these things? And could the mind of man conceive a treeless heaven? ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 64548
Author: Euwer, Anthony
Release Date: Feb 13, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English