The lone palmyra on the rock! Short, stubby, unbending it stands its ground in the heavy winds! Perhaps it mocks the taller, slimmer coconut palms that are bent by the winds or maybe it is stoic, like the eagle on the rock in Elinor H. Wylie's poem "The Eagle & The Mole"* - indifferent to the harsh sun, the strong winds or the thundering waves that crash at its feet.
*Avoid the reeking herd,
Shun the polluted flock,
Live like the stoic bird,
The eagle on the rock."
- Elinor Hoyt Wylie
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