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Thou, the spi.rituA1 flower,
Sentient of each breeze and shower,
Thou, rejoicing in t.he akiea,
And t.ranapieroed with all their dyee ;
:Breathing vase, with light o'ertlowing,
Gem-like to thy centre glowing,
Thou, the poet's type abalt be,
Flower of eoul, Anemone I MBa. Hmu..n.irus.
1.No tree io all the grove but has ita cb&rma,
Thoqgh each i~ hue peculiar ; .P~er eome 1
And of a wa.n01sb grey ; the willow such,
And poplar, that with silver linea his lea.f;
And a.sh, far etretchiog his umbrageous arm.
or deeper green the elm, and deeper still,
J .ord of the woods, the long·aurvi ving oak.
Some gloaay-leaved, a.ud shining in the aun;
The maple and the beech, of oily nuta
Prolific ; and the lime, at dewy eve
Diffusing odours; nor unnoted pM8
The sycamore, capl'iciona in a~tirs,
Now green, now tawny, and, ere autumn yet
Have changed the wooda, in aearlet hoooura bright.
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A.lro forth they pa.88, with pleaanre fol"Wl\t'd led,
Joying to hear tho sweet birds' harmony,
Which, therein ahronded from the tempest dread,
Seem'd in their song to scorn the crueleky;
Much can they praise, the trees eo straight and high,
The sailing pine, the cedar proud 4Ild tall,
The vine-prop ellll, thfl poplar never dry,
The builder oak, aole king of forests all;
The a~~pen, goorl for sta vee, the eyprese, fuueral.
Tb11 laurel, mted of mighty conquerors,
And poet.! sage; the fir, that weepeth atUl ;
The willow, worn of forlorn paramours ;