Jonathan Galassi

The Felled Oak

Now where the shadow was the dead oak spreads,

not fighting any more against the gales..

 People say: Now I see how big it was!

 

Here and there the little nests of spring

hang down from its top.

People say: Now I see how good it was!

 

All praise, all delve. At evening

everyone goes on with his heavy load.

In the air, the cry..of a blackcap

 

looking for the nest it will not find.

 

 

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