barefootliamhttps://www.fromoldbooks.org/Brennecke-WechselDerTage/pages/041-monks-in-forest/
This 1880s engraving illustrates a poem by Leonie Meyerhof (1858 – 1933), Im Waldesdom, or, In the forest Cathedral.
The sunbeams are called crepuscular rays *by people who like long words). The roof of the forest is perhaps compared to the vaulted ceiling of a Gothic cathedral.
Transcription of the poem at the linked page and in alt text for the poem image.
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