<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=363659" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Old Dead Tree</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The old dead tree stood <br>gnarled weather torn; <br>its limbs were now brittle. <br>What stories could it tell <br>of the centuries it had lived, <br>the passing lives it had seen, <br>and the storms it had weathered <br>when it was young and strong. <br>When its foliage was green <br>and gave shelter from the rain. <br>Now it stands bare and broken, <br>a sorry sight to be seen. <br>It must have been beautiful <br>when it was young <br>with its canopy of green, <br>and a nesting place for little birds <br>among its evergreen. <br>Now they only used it <br>as a resting place whenever they pass by. <br>The old dead tree, <br>which had seen so much life.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">17 September 2008</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Harris">David Harris</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=363659" data-title="The Old Dead Tree de David Harris" data-description="The old dead tree stood gnarled weather torn; its limbs were now brittle. What stories could it tell of the centuries it had lived, the passing lives it had seen, and the storms it had weathered when it was young and strong. When its folia..."></div> </div> </div>

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