the quivering tree

"There by itself like a tree it shows;
That high it reaches as deep it grows,
And when the storms are its branches shaking,
It deeper root in the soil is taking.

Be then no more by a storm dismayed,
For by it the full-grown seeds are laid;
And though the tree by its might it shatters,
What then, if thousands of seeds it scatters?"

from 'That Cause Can Neither Be Lost nor Stayed'

with thanks to Ruth for taking the photo
during one of our adventures