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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SO MUCH FOR SENTIMENT, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poet's Biography
First Line: It is gone, the old oak, which, for centuries past
Last Line: "and the tree was maturely ripe."
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Oak Trees; Trees
First Line: It is gone, the old oak, which, for centuries past
Last Line: "and the tree was maturely ripe."
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Oak Trees; Trees
IT is gone, the old oak, which, for centuries past,
With branches wide-spreading had weather'd the blast,
A tree of primeval type!
Accurs'd be the axe which was laid to its root!
"Sir, it fetch'd," said the factor, "five shillings a foot,
And the tree was maturely ripe."
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PAST AND PRESENT by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON