 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 páginas
...favourite, and the forest's king, The British Oak shall be ! Its stem, though rough, is stout and sound, Its giant branches throw Their arms in shady blessings...English heart, It opes not at a breath, But having open'd, plays its part, Until it sinks in death. Its acorns, graceful to the sight, Are toys to childhood... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 páginas
...favourite, and the forest's king, The British Oak shall be! Its stem, though rough, is stout and sound, Its giant branches throw Their arms in shady blessings...English heart, It opes not at a breath, But having open'd, plays its part Until it sinks in death. Its acorns, graceful to the sight, Are toys to childhood... | |
 | 1848 - 530 páginas
...of the majestic mossclad trunk. Bernard Barton has some very poetical lines on this subject : — " Its leaf, though late in spring, it shares The zephyr's...English heart, It opes not at a breath ; But having open'd, plays its part Until it sinks in death. " Not early won, by gleam of sun, Its beauties to unfold... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 páginas
...favourite, and the forest's king, The British Oak shall be ! Its stem, though rough, is stout and sound, Its giant branches throw Their arms in shady blessings round O'er man and beast below ; ENGLAND'S OAK. 77 Its leaf, though late in spring it shares The zephyr's gentle sigh, As late and... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 páginas
...Its stem, though rough, is stout and sound, Its giant branches throw Their arms, in shady blessing, round O'er man and beast below. Its leaf, though late...dye. Type of an honest English Heart, It opes not on a breath ; And having open'd, plays its part, Until it sinks in death. Not early won by gleam of... | |
 | Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 páginas
...favorite, and the forest-king, The British Oak shall be ! Its stem, though rough, is stout and sound, Its giant branches throw Their arms in shady blessings...As late and long in autumn wears A deeper, richer die. Type of an honest English heart, It opes not at a breath, But having open'd, plays its part Until... | |
 | Rose-Bud - 1853 - 282 páginas
...favourite, and the forest's king, The British Oak shall be. Its stem, though rough, is stout and sound, Its giant branches throw Their arms in shady blessings round O'er man and beast below ; Ita leaf, though late in spring it shares The zephyr's gentle sigh, As late and long in autumn wears... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 páginas
...languori se desidiaeque dedat * ;" or point at the brave old oak, and repeat the lines alluding to it, " Its leaf, though late in spring it shares The zephyr's...English heart, It opes not at a breath, But having open'd plays its part Until it sinks in death i" What an indomitable spirit in braving every danger... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1855 - 612 páginas
...expressed the feelings of many, when he wrote : — " Its stem, though rough, is stout and strong ; Its giant branches throw Their arms in shady blessings...deeper, richer dye. Type of an honest English heart, It opens not at breath ; But having opened, plays its part, Until it sinks in death. Not early won, by... | |
 | 1856 - 400 páginas
...stem, though rough, is stout and Bound, Its giant branches throw Their arms in shady hlessings round On man and beast below ; Its leaf though late in spring, it shares The zephyr's gentle sigh, As late, as long in Autumn wears A richer deeper dye ; Type of a honest English heart, It opes not at a breath,... | |
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All these are fair, but they may fling Their shade unsung by me ; My favourite, and the forest's king, The British Oak shall be! Its stem, though rough, is stout and sound, Its giant branches throw Their arms in shady blessings round O'er man and beast... 
