...into lyrics such as these : — The slender beech and the sapling oak That grow by the shadowy till, You may cut down both at a single stroke, You may...either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree. Ye woods, that oft at sultry noon Have o'er me spread your massy shade : Ye gushing streams, whose...

...of wind-blown leaves and of waters, a susurrus ready to break into song like this: The slender beech and the sapling oak That grow by the shadowy rill,...grow, Whatever change may be, You never can teach eitfier oak or beech To be »ught but a greenwood tree. It is a book to be read in the springtime,...

...And there lies gude Sir Patrick Spens, Wi' the Scots lords at his feet. SONG» FOB the tender beech and the sapling oak, That grow by the shadowy rill,...stroke, You may cut down which you will. But this you mast know, that as long as they grow, Whatever change may be, You can never teach either oak or beech...

...I hear these sighs I always think of a certain delightful verse of Peacock's : — But this you may know, that as long as they grow, Whatever change may...either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree. And English is one with its own greenwood trees in this respect. It will grow as it likes or not at...

...you will. But this you must know, that as long as they grow, Whatever change may be, You can never teach either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree. Thomas Love Peacock. THE MARINERS OF ENGLAND YE Mariners of England That guard our native seas ! Whose...

...canopy. They are twin plants of the forest, and are identified with its growth. For the slender beech and the sapling oak That grow by the shadowy rill,...glowing breast.' — BUTLER. THE knight and the friar arriving at Arlingford Castle, and leaving their horses in the care of Lady Matilda's groom, with whom...

...canopy. They are twin plants of the forest, and are identified with its growth. For the slender beech and the sapling oak That grow by the shadowy rill,...greenwood tree.' CHAPTER III 'Inflamed wrath in glowing breast.'—BUTLER. THE knight and the friar arriving at Arlingford Castle, and leaving their horses...

...canopy. They are twin plants of the forest, and are identified with its growth. For the slender beech and the sapling oak That grow by the shadowy rill,...either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree.' 20 CHAPTER III 'Inflamed wrath in glowing breast.' — BUTLER. THE knight and the friar arriving at...

...stroke change teach ei'ther , aught whatev'er sin' gle shad' ow y green' wood For the tender beech and the sapling oak, That grow by the shadowy rill,...as long as they grow, Whatever change may be, You can never teach either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree. 76 133. Punctuation. Separate...

...shad' ow y green' wood For the tender beech and the sapling oak, That grow by the shadowy rill, Yon may cut down both at a single stroke, You may cut...as long as they grow, Whatever change may be, You can never teach either oak or beech To be aught but a greenwood tree. 76 133. Punctuation. Separate...