(noun) A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness."
"If people in general could be got into the woods, even for once, to hear the trees speak for themselves, all difficulties in the way of forest preservation would vanish."
"Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill."
"And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul."
"Yet through all this stress the forest is maintained in marvelous beauty."
"I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses."
"In the beauty and grandeur of individual trees, and in number and variety of species, the Sierra forests surpass all others."
"The soft light of morning falls upon ripening forests of oak and elm, walnut and hickory, and all Nature is thoughtful and calm."