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petak, 02.02.2007.

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February 3, 2007 (15 Shvat 5767)
TU B'SHEVAT - Nova Godina drveca

There is something in a noble tree-
What shall I say? A soul?
For ‘tis not form, or aught we see
In a leaf of branch or bole.
Some presence, though not understood,
Dwells there always, and seems
To be acquainted with our mood,
and mingles in our dreams,
I would not say that trees at all
Were of our blood and race,
Yet, lingering where their shadows fall,
I sometimes think I trace
A kinship, whose far-reaching root
Grew when the world began,
And made them best of all things mute
To be the friends of man.
Held down by whatsoever might
Unto an earthly sod,
They stretch forth arms for air and light,
As we do after god;
And when in all their boughs and breeze
Moans loud, or softly sings,
As our own hearts in us, the trees
Are almost human things
--Samuel Valentine Cole