"This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in..."

“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.”

- Introduction to Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (via julesofnature)

My grandfather loved this poem. It gets pretty whackadoo.