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ON TWO INTERWELDED TREES
I saw an oak and beech so intergrown
That root and trunk were one, and rind to rind
Was soldered; while their branches in the wind
Enclasped each other, each the other's own:
That root and trunk were one, and rind to rind
Was soldered; while their branches in the wind
Enclasped each other, each the other's own:
As if, of old, a wood-nymph and a faun
Had, in their wild embrace been stricken blind
By some strong god;—their living limbs confined
In knotty bonds, while round each other thrown.
Had, in their wild embrace been stricken blind
By some strong god;—their living limbs confined
In knotty bonds, while round each other thrown.
O Love, I think that when we two are dead,
Buried together in some wood like this,
Where giant boughs shall wail us in the breeze,
Some oak and beech shall o'er us interwed,
Welding their limbs in an unending kiss,
That we may love, O Sweetheart, still as trees.
Buried together in some wood like this,
Where giant boughs shall wail us in the breeze,
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Welding their limbs in an unending kiss,
That we may love, O Sweetheart, still as trees.
E.
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