William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1920.
Sentinels
O
Like stately sentinels you stand—
God’s mystery to the world you bring,
God’s presence to the land!
So still and dark,
God’s sentinels you stand.
Your leafiness makes one forget
The wrath of His invisible Hand.
So sure you point the mark—
Big exclamations to God’s throne,
Your trembling leaves cry “Hark!”