Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TREES, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE


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First Line: Of all the trees in england
Last Line: For them that lie forlorn.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter


Of all the trees in England,
Her sweet three corners in,
Only the Ash, the bonnie Ash
Burns fierce while it is green.

Of all the trees in England,
From sea to sea again,
The Willow loveliest stoops her boughs
Beneath the driving rain.

Of all the trees in England,
Past frankincense and myrrh,
There's none for smell, of bloom and smoke,
Like Lime and Juniper.

Of all the trees in England,
Oak, Elder, Elm and Thorn,
The Yew alone burns lamps of peace
For them that lie forlorn.





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