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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
edited by - 1870
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3

John Dryden - 1832 - 342 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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A Subaltern's Furlough: Descriptive of Scenes In: the United ..., Volume 1

Edward Thomas Coke - 1833 - 568 pages
...marks of antiquity as the oaks and yews of England, where " the monarch oak Three centuries he irrows, and three he stays Supreme in state, and in three more decays.'' Each tree, as it attains its prime, begins to decay, and, soon dying, falls prostrate to enrich the...
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Gleanings in Natural History: Second Series to which are Added Some Extracts ...

Edward Jesse - 1834 - 352 pages
...A pair of them were hawking for flies over the river Thames in the neighbourhood of Old Windsor. ' The monarch Oak, the patriarch of trees, ' Shoots...stays ' Supreme in state ; and in three more decays.' DRYDEN. AMIDST ' the crowd, the hum, the shock of ' men,' I frequently long to ' converse with Na'...
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Gleanings in Natural History: Second Series to which are Added Some Extracts ...

Edward Jesse - 1834 - 372 pages
...A pair of them were hawking for flies over the river Thames in the neighbourhood of Old Windsor. ' The monarch Oak, the patriarch of trees, ' Shoots...stays ' Supreme in state ; and in three more decays.' DRYDEN. AMIDST ' the crowd, the hum, the shock of ' men,' I frequently long to ' converse with Na'...
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Magazine of Botany and Gardening British and Foreign ..., Volume 2

1836 - 284 pages
...the poet Dryden's praise, who estimates its continuance at nine hundred years, when he sings — " The monarch oak, the patriarch of trees, Shoots rising...stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays." Other oaks of this kind, though less remarkable for their size, are common in many parts of the country,...
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The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life, Volume 1

John Dryden - 1837 - 482 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: In Verse and Prose, with a Life, Volume 1

John Dryden - 1837 - 478 pages
...species still remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads hy slow degrees; Three centuries he grows, and three...stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays ; So wears the' paving pehhle in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods meet : So rivers,...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...ordains, The propagated species still remains. Til-- monarch oak. the patriarch of the trees, Sii'f »;* Disdain'd to enter in so late. Love slays, Supreme in stale, and in throe more decays ; So wears ilie paving pebble in the street, Anil...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...die, his will ordains, The propagated species still remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the d a Pa @C ; So wears the paving pebble in the street. And towns and towers their fatal periods meet : So rivers,...
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The Methodist new connexion magazine and evangelical repository, Volume 48

1846 - 656 pages
...at maturity, seems to defy time, but slowly falls to decay. " 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." The ivy-crowned pinnacle and tottering dome, attractions to the curious, remain from year to year,...
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