"AND LOOK HERE, FRITZ— —WHATEVER HAPPENS— —SEE YOU KEEP—
—THEM HANDS OF YOURS— —WELL ABOVE— —YOUR BLINKIN' HEAD."

A SONG OF THE WOODLAND ELVES.

We hear the ruthless axes; we watch our rafters fall;

The seawind blows unhindered where stood our banquet-hall;

Our grassy rings are trampled, our leafy tents are torn—

Yet more would we, and gladly, to help the English-born.

For, leafy-crowned or frosted, the English oaks are ours;

The beeches are our playrooms, the elms our outlook towers;