Madison Julius Cawein (Мэдисон Джулиус Кавейн)

Trees

"Trees," so he said and laid him lovingly
At a great beech-tree's root, "are my best friends.
Upon their love it seems my life depends.
No dog or woman for me! Give me a tree!
In winter saying, ' Courage! hold to me!'
In spring, ' Look up! hope's here, and winter ends!'
In summer, 'Come! here's peace that naught transcends
In autumn, ' See! the dreams I bring to thee!'
Why, I have loved a tree until for me
It had a soul. And as the Greeks believed
So I believe: that in each dwells a life,
Lovely, ecstatic, that some man may see
Take on material form, and, so perceived,
Hold him for aye.... That's why I have no wife."

1. Dawn in the Alleghanies
2. Evasion
3. Going for the Cows
4. He Who Loves
5. Hymn to Spiritual Desire

Bliss Carman (Блисс Кармен) Trees ("In the Garden of Eden, planted by God")

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