 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...  The Thebaid of Statius - Page 249by Publius Papinius Statius - 1767Full view - About this book
 | Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
...their song to scorn the cruel sky Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing pine, the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, The builder oak, sole king of forests all, The espin good for staves, the cypress funeral. The iaurel, meed of mighty... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1895 - 460 pages
...their song to scorn the cruel sky. Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing Pine, the Cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop Elm, the Poplar never dry, The builder Oak, sole king of forests all, The Aspen good for staves, the Cypress funeral ; The Laurel, meed of mighty... | |
 | Frederic Ives Carpenter - English drama - 1895 - 248 pages
...Spenser,' following Chaucer closely, enumerates the trees contained in his Wood of Error : " The sailing pine, the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry," and so on ; the obvious comment on which, neglecting consideration of the poss1ble allegorical justification... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 794 pages
...579 The oak for nothing ill, The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill. SPENSER. The sailing Pine; the Cedar, proud and tall ; The vine-prop Elm ; the Poplar never dry ; The builder Oak, sole king of forests all ; The Aspen, good for staves; the Cypress funeral; The Laurel, meed of mighty... | |
 | Thomas Costley - English literature - 1897 - 404 pages
...their song to scorn the cruel sky. Much can they praise the trees so straight and high. The sailing pine, the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, The builder oak, sole king of forest all ; The aspen, good for staves — the cypress, funeral. The laurel, mead of... | |
 | Thomas Costley - English literature - 1897 - 378 pages
...their song to scorn the cruel sky. Much can they praise the trees so straight and high. The sailing pine, the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, The builder oak, sole king of forest all ; The aspen, good for staves — the cypress, funeral. The ladrel, mead of... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 438 pages
...trees in the forest where the Red Cross Knight lost Truth (Book I. cant. i. st. 8, 9) :The sailing pine, the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, The builder-oak, sole king of forests all, The aspine good for staves, the cypress funeral. 9The birch... | |
 | John Scott Clark - American poetry - 1900 - 886 pages
...— William Minto. ILLUSTRATIONS. " Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing pine ; the cedar proud and tall ; The vine-prop elm ; the poplar never dry ; The builder oak, sole king of forests all ; The aspen good for staves ; the cypress funeral ; The laurel, meed of mighty... | |
 | Harry Pratt Judson, Ida C. Bender - Readers - 1901 - 266 pages
...their song to scorn the cruel sky. Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, 5 The sailing pine, the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, The builder oak, sole king of forests all, The aspen good for staves, the cypress funeral. The laurel, meed of mighty... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English essays - 1904 - 640 pages
...their song to scorn the cruel sky. Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing pine, the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, The builder oak, sole king of forests all, The aspen good for staves, the cypress funeral.' * Artificial flowers look... | |
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