Benjamin Strattan Parker Home Poems Poets Benjamin Strattan Parker Poems The Cabin in the Clearing by Benjamin Strattan Parker Backward gazing through the shadows. As the evening fades away, The Pioneer by Benjamin Strattan Parker His form is bent, his head is gray, His limbs are long and slender; The Sugar Maple by Benjamin Strattan Parker The bright magnolia spreads its bloom And loads the air with sweet perfume,