The Souls of the Trees

The soul of the_ ELM, _for instance, is a sort of pursy, pot-bellied, crabbed
gnome; the_ LIME-TREE _is placid, familiar and jovial; the_ BEECH,
_elegant and agile; the_ BIRCH, _white, reserved and restless; the_
WILLOW, _stunted, dishevelled and plaintive; the_ FIR-TREE, _tall, lean
and taciturn; the_ CYPRESS, _tragic; the_ CHESTNUT-TREE, _pretentious and
rather dandified; the_ POPLAR, _sprightly, cumbersome, talkative. Some
emerge slowly from their trunks, to