THEY HAVE CUT DOWN THE PINES English 他们已经把松树砍下了英语.pptVIP

THEY HAVE CUT DOWN THE PINES By Mary Lisle They have cut down the pines where they stood; The wind will miss them - – the rain, When its silver blind is down. They have stripped the bark from the wood – The needly boughs, and the brownKnobbly nuts trodden into the ground. The kind, the friendly trees, Where all day small winds sound, And all day long the sun Plays hide and seek with shadows Till the multiplying shadows turn to one And night is here. They have cut down the trees and ended now The gentle colloquy of bough and bough. They are making the fence by the creek, And have cut down the pines for the posts. Wan in the sunlight as ghosts The naked trunks lie. A bird nested there – it will seek In vain: they have cut down the pines. * They have made a fence by the creek, *