Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
Birch Tree (Betula)
Rippling through thy branches goes the sunshine,
Among thy leaves that palpitate forever,
And in thee, a pining nymph had prisoned
The soul, once of some tremulous inland river,
Quivering to tell her woe, but ah! dumb, dumb forever.
Lowell—The Birch Tree.