Beech and elm and pine and cedar,
Laurel, holly, ash and maple—
All the trees have bent their growing
To the husbandman’s caprices.
All the beasts have fled to westward;
All the reptiles skulk in hiding;
All the rivers and the brooklets
Have subdued their wild, free rolling.
Ancient mounds and Aztec relics,
Mural signs and hieroglyphics,