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...gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit progcrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once, a cup and ball, Which babes might play...might have purloin'd The auburn nut, that held thee, swall'wing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vasthess at a gulp. But...

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...gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might...thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of hougbs And all thine embryo rastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath...

...might with reverence kneel and worship thee. Thou wast a bauble once; a cup and ball, Which babes miaht play with ; and the thievish jay, Seeking her food, with ease might have pqrloin'd The auburn uut that held thee, swallowing duwn Thy yet close fo^ed latitude of boughi And...

...age And, yet, this veteran of the forest, which had braved the inclemency of so many winters, was but a bauble once, a. cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and tlie thievish jay, Seeking her food, witb case might have purloined The auburn nut, that held thee,...

...gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might...thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of bonghs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp. But Fate thy growth decreed ; autumnal rains Beneath...

...gloom Of thickest shades, like Adam after taste Of fruit proscrib'd, as to a refuge, fled. Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball, Which babes might play with ; and the thievish jayi Seeking her food, with ease might have purloin'd The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down...