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" The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees ; Three centuries he grows, and three he stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays... "
Once a Week - Page 236
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 3

John Aikin - 1821 - 346 pages
...die, his will ordains, The propagated species still remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees;...stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays; So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods meet : So rivers,...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 11

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 504 pages
...die, his will ordains ; The propagated species still remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees...stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays : So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods meet : So rivers,...
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Fables from Boccaccio and Chaucer

Giovanni Boccaccio, John Dryden - 1822 - 286 pages
...die, his will ordains ; The propagated species still remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees...he stays Supreme in state, and in three more decays ; So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods meet ; So rivers,...
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The British anthology; or, Poetical library, Volumes 1-2

British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...die, his will ordains ; The propagated species still remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees...he stays Supreme in state, and in three more decays ; So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods meet; So rivers,...
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A Treatise on Practical Mensuration in Eight Parts ...

Anthony Nesbit - 1824 - 476 pages
...are borne, And realms commanded which those trees adorn. POPE. The monarch oak, the Patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees...stays Supreme in state, and in three more decays. DEYDEN. THE ASH. THIS tree generally grows tall and elegant, and makes a graceful appearance, when...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 16

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 824 pages
...the power, Of this fair wood, and live in oaken bower. Miltm. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees...stays Supreme in state ; and in three more decays. " Drvdtn. Clad in white velvet all their troop they led, With each an oaten chaplet on his head. Id....
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 7

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pages
...springs, like old men's children, be Decayed and withered from their infancy. Dryden. The monarch oak, to some species, and not found in the genus; being the idea that defines the sp decayt. Dryden. By reason of the tenacity of fluids, and attrition of their parts, and the weakness...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 15

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 820 pages
...them, is what the schools mean by a monarch. Temple. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees Thres ly endanger the life of another. But if the person so provoked had unfortunately k Drydfn . With ease distinguished, is the regal race, One monarch wears an open, honest face ; Shaped...
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An Arrangement of British Plants: According to the Latest ..., Volume 2

1830 - 634 pages
...Dak, the patriarch of tht treeĀ«, Shoots rising up and spreads bj slow degrees ; Three centuries be grows, and three he stays, Supreme in state ; and in three more decays." Dryden. Unrivalled in stature, strength, and duration, the emblem of constancy and longevity, this...
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Flora's Dictionary

Elizabeth Washington Wirt - 1832 - 338 pages
...improves with the age of the tree. The oak attains to a great age. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads, by slow degrees...stays Supreme in state, and in three more decays. Dry den. Among the Romans, there were various kinds of crowns distributed as rewards of military achievements....
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