Has he grown sick of his toils and his tasks?

Sighs the worn spirit for respite or ease?

Is it a moment's cool halt that he asks

Under the shade of the trees?

- from Under the shade of the trees by Margaret Junkin Preston (1820–1897)
Written as a tribute to her late brother-in-law, Stonewall Jackson, who was acidentally shot by his own men following the Battle of Chancellorsviile in May 1863 

read more

Eglise de St Trophime, Arles, France, August 2016

 


aDSC_0636_pp

-

Copyright Debbie Smyth, 17 July 2021

Posted as part of Becky's TreeSquare

...