| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1920. 1920. |
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| Sentinels |
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| OH line of trees all dark and green | |
| Like stately sentinels you stand— | |
| God’s mystery to the world you bring, | |
| God’s presence to the land! | |
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| So straight and free, | 5 |
| So still and dark, | |
| God’s sentinels you stand. | |
| Your leafiness makes one forget | |
| The wrath of His invisible Hand. | |
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| But lacy leaves mean sturdy bark, | 10 |
| So sure you point the mark— | |
| Big exclamations to God’s throne, | |
| Your trembling leaves cry “Hark!” | |
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