...forcibly recal to the recollection, Cowper's beautiful lines on Yardley Oak : — Thou wert a bauble once, a cup and ball "Which babes might play -with, and the thievish jay Seeking her food, with case might have purloined The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing- down Thy yet close folded latitude...

...shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscribed, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd thy cradle ; and a skipping...

...Adam after taste Of fruit proscribed, as to a refuge, fled. YAHDLEY OAK. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed...

...thing adore, I might with reverence kneel, and worship thec. * • • * * Thou wert a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and...thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloined The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And...

...shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, 'Which babes might play with ; and...thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow'd the soil Design'd thy cradle ; and a skipping...

...Seeking her foed, with ease might have purloin'd The Aubnrn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy y«t close-folded latitude of boughs, And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath thy parent tree mellow 'd the soil ' Design'd thy entile ; and a skipping...

...and long ! YARDLY OAK. BY COWPER. THOU wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might wish to play with ; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food,...down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs, And all thy embryo vastness, at a gulp. But fate thy growth decreed : autumnal rains, Beneath thy parent-tree,...

...thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscribed, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball Which babes might play with ; and the thievish Jav, Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin 'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down...

...shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cu p and ball, Which babes might play with ; and the thievish...thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of houghs, And all thine embryo vastuess at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed; autumnal rains Beneath...

...taste Of froit pruserih'd, as to a ret'uga, fled. Thou wast a hauhle once, a cop and hall, Which hahes might play with; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have porloin'd The anhurn nut, that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet cluse-folded latitude of houghs,...