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The Pine Tree
A cabin amidst a verdant meadow
Standing at the junction all prominent,
O' the mountains, sheltering it from blizzards--
Once cradled in its ligneous couch
That nature admirer, a benevolent fellow.
He jumped from windows, rushing into the lush,
Pushing past those intruding boulders
Which descended from hillocks above.
Smelling scents of flowers and leaves,
Sprinkling water from adjacent river --
To the beaming saplings adorning the buds;
Yet deserting the newly grown o'er the soil.
Vast forests urged him to the top,
With altitude high and air still,
He encountered the pine of majestic height,
Its branches intense, the leaves their frills.
"Why stand so forlorn, don't you own friends?"
"None but myself as friend, a loner hence."
"Your siblings, don't they count, and your mother or father?"
"Departed sadly they, leaving me for an eternity. "
"What happened?" cried the fellow.
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