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TREES IN WINTER by ARTHUR WILLIAM BEER

First Line: LIKE GHOSTS OF HAPPIER DAYS, THEY STAND
Last Line: ABROAD THEIR CANOPY OF SPRING.
Subject(s): DEATH; TREES; WINTER; DEAD, THE;
Like ghosts of happier days, they stand
Abandoned in a dreary land,
Their gaunt limbs lifted to the sky --
"Death comes to all," they seem to sigh.

Yet, underneath the crystal snow,
Mysterious forces lurk, I know;
And these dead trees one day will fling
Abroad their canopy of Spring.



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