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THE MOORLAND TREE IN THE GARDEN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER

First Line: BROUGHT FROM AFAR BUT WITH NO STUDIED CHOICE
Last Line: THOU GOOD MAN'S MODEL, LOWLY THOUGH FULL-LEAVED!
Subject(s): TREES;
Brought from afar but with no studied choice,
And roughly carted, as thou camest to hand,
By the rude peasant, - how we all rejoice
To see thee grown so beautiful and grand!
In thy old site thou mightst have still been poor
And meagre - or, at best, the summer breeze
Had set thee floating on the lonely moor,
No human hearts to teach, no eyes to please:
Kind Heaven foreknew the boon we all received;
For us, the moral of thy drooping boughs -
And, for thyself, how different is thy lot!
From the bare heath, skirted by distant ploughs,
To all this dear home-honour thou has got;
Thou good man's model, lowly though full-leaved!



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