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Sat, May 12, 12 at 6:44
| For a hundred years I breathe and live, the flower of beauty and the bread of kindness.
I am the friendly shade in the noonday heat of summer, and I stand pencilled against the winter twilight, a silhouette for dreams. At dawning in the spring I am filled with song, the host to a thousand birds, and I decorate the autumn with pagentry and color. Then comes the woodsman with his axe. And still I serve. I am the timber that builds your boat; the rafters of your cathedrals; the choirstalls of your church enriched by the magic of your carver's fingers. I am the beam that holds your house; the door of your homestead, and the lintel too. I am the handle of your hoe; the wood of your cradle; the bed on which your lay; the board of your table and the board for your bread. When I am living, harm me not. When I am dead, respect me and use me kindly. Anon
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- Posted by lilosophie none (My Page) on Sat, May 12, 12 at 9:25
| A great finale, Anneliese - I would add: I heat your home. This tree-hugge5r loves that |
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| Beautiful end to a great week, thanks much. If only puny man would live by these thoughts that come to the best of us. |
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