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pretty well feafoned, before it arrived at the 

 king's yard. I fuppofe the fame mode of 

 carriage ftill continues. 



In this fallen ftate alone, it is true, the 

 tree becomes the bails of England's glory. 

 Tho we regret it's fall therefore, we muft 

 not repine ; but addrefs the children of the 

 wood, as the gallant oak, on his removal 

 from the foreft, is faid to have addreffed the 

 fcion by his fide. 



Where thy great grandfire fpread his awful fhade, 



A holy druid myftic circles made. 



Myfelf a fapling, when thy grandfire bore 



Intrepid Edward to the Gallic fhore. 



Me now my country calls: Adieu, my fon, 



And as the circling years in order run, 



May'ft thou renown'd, the foreft's boaft, and pride, 



Victorious in fome future conteft ride. 



Nobody, that I know, has more patheti- 

 cally lamented the fall of trees, than the 

 elegant Vanier. Whoever has a tafte for the 

 fubjeft, will be gratified by the following 

 quotation. 



Neque enim villis accedere major 

 Poffit houos, densa quam nubilus arbore lucus. 

 Sylvarum ftudiofa, fuos cum Gallia quondam 

 Vix aleret cives, patria migrare reli&a, 



I 4 Atque 



