Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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ever green in your mem¬ ory, it will have fulfilled its mission.

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Tlie Evergreens of the Eastern Shore “Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. O said the poet, Joyce Kilmer, in his poem, “Trees.’’ Now Kilmer had in mind trees of all kinds: the giant oak, the shady maple, the prim spruce, and many others just as wonderful. Could Kilmer have visited our dear old Eastern Shore and enjoyed the sight of our lovely evergreens, he would doubtless have been inspired by their beauty and steadfastness to write a poem, “Evergreens on the Shore.” Our evergreens are not only richly beautiful in their cloaks of bright green in me summer time, but they are also magnificent, clothed in their heavy mantles of dark green during the winter season. Think of those big clumps of rich green standing bold and alive before the onslaughts of snow, wind, sleet, and rain that cover, destroy, coat, and bend the bare arms of other trees! Then think of a lone tree, an evergreen, standing upright and brave upon a hill How long it has stood we can not guess, but it is still dignified, majestic, unharmed, and patient after many years of winter gales. To these great and beautiful trees we sing our songs of love and praise, and hope to shape our lives like theirs. May the troubles of life like the gales of the wind find us just as brave and patient as those single evergreens upon the hilltops!