The two executioners stalk along over the knolls,
Bearing two axes with heavy heads shining and wide,
And a long limp two-handled saw toothed for cutting great boles,
And so they approach the proud tree that bears the death-mark on its side.
The two ax-men (executioners through the eyes of trees, if trees had eyes) walk toward the tree that has no more days left to live, crossing over knolls (knolls are small, rounded hills).
Throwing a Tree