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What The Pine Trees Said by Edith M. Thomas (1854 - 1925).

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Edith Matilda Thomas was an American poet who "was one of the first poets to capture successfully the excitement of the modern city. ( Wikipedia )
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What The Pine Trees Said by Edith M. Thomas, read for LibriVox.org by [your name].
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I heard the swaying pine trees speak,
As I went down the glen:
“Next year,” said one, “the wind shall seek,
But find me not again!”

“I shall go forth upon the seas,
A mast, or steering-beam;
On me shall breathe the tropic breeze,
Above, strange stars shall gleam.”

“And I—the ax shall cleave my grain,
And many times divide;
From my dear brood I’ll shed the rain,
And roof their ingleside.”

Then up and spake a slender shaft,
That like an arrow grew;
“No breeze my leafless stem shall waft,
No ax my trunk shall hew—

But though a single hour is mine,
How happy shall I be!
Young hearts shall leap, young eyes shall shine
To greet their Christmas tree!”

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Thank you Erin. :thumbs:
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Post by pschempf »

David-

My last for a while-

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/pi ... _128kb.mp3
Track length: 1:07
Fritz

"A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules."

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Thank you Phil :thumbs:
I hope you are just going away for the holidays.
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Tomas Peter
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Post by tovarisch »

Here is my attempt:

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/pi ... _128kb.mp3 1:30

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Thank you Tomas and tovarisch. :thumbs:
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Post by brucek »

Here's mine at 1:24

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/pi ... _128kb.mp3

Actually, I added an "s" on "tree" in the title, to match the original - but with or without sounds much the same to me.

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Thanks,
Bruce.
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Thank you Bruce. :thumbs:
( extras 's' added where needed) :oops:
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Post by tovarisch »

Your reading is PL OK, David! :thumbs:
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Thank you Lee Ann. :thumbs:
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Post by Veggrower »

Hi, David - here's mine:

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/pi ... _128kb.mp3

...with a length of 1:26. Thanks a lot,

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Thank you Garth. :thumbs:
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