Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE NORTHERN PINE, by JAMES CHRISTIAN LINDBERG


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THE NORTHERN PINE, by                    
First Line: Hark! O man, to the urgent song I sing
Last Line: Hark! O man, to the urgent song I sing.
Subject(s): Beauty; Creation; Nature; Pine Trees


Hark! O man, to the urgent song I sing:
Take me and fashion me into a useful thing.
I am the Northern Pine—
The storehouse of sleet and snow,
Of sullen, whirlwind storms,
Of keen, blue, frosty nights;
I am the storehouse of garnered loveliness,
Of rainbow showers and dazzling suns,
Of solitary, star-filled nights.
My branches are the strung chords
Of a harp through which
The winds have played
Unrecorded marches of the passing years
Across the centuries:
I am God's creative genius manifest
In tireless strength and beauty.
Years have I waited; my sinews are strong;
Service is noble; give heed to my song.
Make me a beam that shall hold a building high,
Make me a mast that shall wind and wave defy.
I am the Northern Pine!
Take me and fashion me into a useful thing.
Hark! O man, to the urgent song I sing.





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