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Trees And Plants-Oak: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Old noted oak! I saw thee in a mood Of vague indifference; and yet with me Thy memory, like thy fate, hath lingering stood For years, thou hermit, in the lonely sea Of grass that waves around thee!— JOHN CLARE — The Rural Muse.

Burthorp Oak. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees. Three centuries he grows, and three he stays Supreme in state; and in three more decays.— DRYDEN — Palamon and Arcite. Bk. III. L. 1,058.

The oaks with solemnity shook their heads; The twigs of the birch-trees, in token Of warning, nodded, and I exclaim'd: "Dear Monarch, forgive what I've spoken!"— HEINE — Songs. Germany.

Caput XVII. Those green-robed senators of mighty woods, Tall oaks, branch-charmed by the earnest stars, Dream, and so dream all night without a stir.— KEATS — Hyperion. Bk. I. L. 73.

The proud tree low bendeth its vigorous form, Whose freshness and strength have braved many a storm; And the sturdy oak shakes that ne'er trembled before Though the years of its glory outnumber three-score.— ELIZABETH C. KINNEY — The Woodman.

The tall Oak, towering to the skies, The fury of the wind defies, From age to age, in virtue strong. Inured to stand, and suffer wrong.— MONTGOMERY — The Oak.

Hail, hidden to the knees in fern, Broad Oak of Sumner-chace, Whose topmost branches can discern The roofs of Sumner-place!— TENNYSON — The Talking Oak. St. 8.

There grewe an aged tree on the greene; A goodly Oake sometime had it bene, With armes full strong and largely displayd, But of their leaves they were disarayde: The bodie bigge, and mightely pight, Thoroughly rooted, and of wond'rous hight; Whilome had bene the king of the field, And mochell mast to the husband did yielde, And with his nuts larded many swine: But now the gray mosse marred his rine; His bared boughes were beaten with stormes, His toppe was bald, and wasted with wormes, His honour decayed, his braunches sere.— SPENSER — Shepheard's Callender.