The tree is here, still, in pure stone, br in deep evidence, in solid beauty, br layered, through a hundred million years. br Agate, cornelian, gemstone br transmuted the timber and sap br until damp corruptions br fissured the giant's trunk br fusing a parallel being: br the living leaves br unmade themselves br and when the pillar was overthrown br fire in the forest, blaze of the dust-cloud, br celestial ashes mantled it round, br until time, and the lava, created br this gift, of translucent stone.