Post by Rin on Jul 12, 2015 19:47:41 GMT
The Blue Wood
This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,
Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight,
Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic,
Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean
Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Description
A cool, blue-tinged forest in spring and summer, a paradise of gold in autumn, and an icy waste in winter, The Blue Wood is a sprawling temperate forest, older than time itself. The forest is best known for its fairy trees, colossal oaks that grow near the forest's heart. Few have seen these trees, for it is said that curious things happen to those who gaze upon them...
