Does he love
the birch
wishing only
bark for canoes?
Wanting the spine
for flutes
does he love
the bamboo?
Desiring
longbow
weapons
did he love
the yew?
Footnote:
Walter Scott, in an Ivanhoe footnote, writes that King Edward I ordained yew trees be planted in all English churchyards, as a source of wood for longbow weapons.
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