"O dreamy, gloomy, friendly Trees, ... Ye, vastest breathers of the air, Shook down with slow and mighty poise Your coolness on the human care, Your wonder on its toys, Your greenness on the heart's despair, Your darkness on its noise."
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"O dreamy, gloomy, friendly Trees", in New Poems (London: Meuthuen & Co., 1907), p. 54
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Herbert Trench
Frederic Herbert Trench (12 November 1865 – 11 June 1923) was an Irish poet.
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