 Aspen good for staves, the Cypress funeral. The Laurel, meed of mighty conquerors And poets sage, the Fir that weepeth still, The Willow, worn of forlorn paramours, The Yew obedient to the bender's will, The Birch for shafts, the Sallow for the mill,...  The Thebaid of Statius - Page 249by Publius Papinius Statius - 1767Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...conquerors And poets sage; the Fir, that weepeth still; The Willow, worn of hopeless paramours; The Yew, obedient to the bender's will ; The Birch, for shafts; the Sallow, for the mill; The Myrrh, sweet bleeding in the bitter wound; The warlike Beech ; the Ash, for nothing ill ; The fruitful Olive,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...conquerors And poets sage ; the fir that weepcth still ; The willow, worn of forlorn paramours ; The yew, : Wondrous beautiful her face ! But so weak and small her wit, That she to govern was unfi sweet-bleeding in the bitter wound ; The warlike beech ; the ash for nothing ill ; The fruitful olive... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 868 pages
...conquerors And poets sage ; the Fir that weepeth still ; The Willow, worn of hopeless paramours ; The Yew, obedient to the bender's will ; The Birch for shafts ; the Sallow for the mill ; The Myrrh, sweet bleeding in the bitter wound ; • The warlike Beech ; the Ash, for nothing ill ; The fruitful... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...conquerors And poets sage, the fir that weepeth still, The willow, worn of forlorn paramours, The yew In me thou seest sweet bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike beech, the ash for nothing ill, The fruitful olive,... | |
 | William Bellars - Art - 1876 - 408 pages
...conquerors, And potts sa^e ; the fir thai wetfeth still ; The willow, worn of fir/am paramours ; The yew, obedient to the bender's will ; The birch, for shafts; the sallow for Ike mill; " * and so forth. The contemplation of external facts sets the poet thinking about other... | |
 | John C. Salmon - Readers - 1877 - 294 pages
...conquerors And poets sage ; the fir that weepeth still, The willow, worn of forlorn paramours, The yew, obedient to the bender's will, The birch for shafts, the sallow for the mill, The myrrh, sweet bleeding of the bitter wound, The warlike beech, the ash for nothing ill, The fruitful olive,... | |
 | Frederick Edward Hulme - Flowers - 1877 - 270 pages
...And poets sage ; the fir, that weepeth still ; The willow, worn of forlorn paramour 520 The yew,27 obedient to the bender's will ; The birch for shafts, the sallow for the mill ;K The myrtle sweet, bleeding in the bitter wound ; The warlike beech ;29 the ash, for nothing ill... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...conquerors And poets sage; the Fir, that weepeth still; The Willow, worn of hopeless paramours; The Yew, obedient to the bender's will ; The Birch, for shafts; the Sallow, for the mill; The Myrrh, sweet bleeding in the bitter wound; The warlike Beech ; the Ash, for nothing ill ; The fruitful Olive,... | |
 | Arthur B. Davison - English literature - 1880 - 396 pages
...conquerors And poets sage ; the fir that weepeth still ; The willow worn of forlorn paramours ; The yew, obedient to the bender's will ; The birch for shafts ; the sallow for the mill ; The myrrh sweet-bleeding in the bitter wound ; The warlike beech ; the ash for nothing ill ; The fruitful olive... | |
 | 1880 - 264 pages
...— "The sailing pine, the cedar proud and tall, The builder oak, sole king of forests all, The yew, obedient to the Bender's will, The birch, for shafts, the sallow for the mill, The myrrh sweet-bleeding in the bitter wound, The war-like beech, the ash for nothing ill, The fruitful olive... | |
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