The woodmans axe renews its hollow stroke
& barkmens noises in the woods awake
Ripping the stained bark from the fallen oak
Where crumpled fox-fern & the branching brake
Fade 'neath their crushing feet the timid hare
Starts from its mossy root or sedgy seat
& listening foxes leave their startled lair
& to some blackthorns spinney make retreat
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