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IV . Now thou art shattered—thy pugnacious arms Shall threat the clouds no more ! The chinks gape wide That have betray'd thee to besieging storms : Soon must thy form that may no longer 'bide , Like other giants , fail by time and tide ; And thou , quaint monster , combative and tall , Like a spent fire-work , in dark dust shalt fall ! V .
The miller s rosy daughter smiles no more To see thee brandish thy vain-glorious sails , When hues of morn , or evening red , they bore ; Nor milk maid pauses o ' er her frothing palls Thee to admire ; but thy sad lot bewails ! The old crow perches on thy topmost wing—Looks gravely round—and caws himself thy king ! R . H . H . 1825 .
APOSTROPHE TO FAIRLOP OAK . Re animator of dead years , Forgotten—gone—Who callest up their long arrears ! And back they ' re flown ! Too stern art thou for human tears , Whate ' er be shown ! For in thine old and iron power Thou hold ' st an empire o ' er the hour , Tho * scath'd and batter'd by the blast Of elements , for ages past , Rock-like thou stand ' st , and gaunt to see , The acorn of Time—Time scona'd by thee ! R H . H . 1825 . *
* As this Noah of trees is now no more , it may be said that the last line becomes Kibject to the moral of * beware of presumption . Perhaps so ; but it happens pie * »»* tuiely . The grand old oak had not fair play . It was not destroyed by the elements , o * b y age . A parcel of fellows , with the souls of toyuwn , cut it down to Bu w * ggon loads of snuf £ -boxe « . Fine sound wood !
Jpostrophe to Fair lop Oak . 71 S