Atque peregrines alio deferre penates 

 Maluit, excifis viclum quam quasrere fylvis. 

 Hsec ubi jam nemorum reverentia tanta, bipennes 

 Ut teneat ? noftros ubi grandior ulla per agros 

 Quercus ad annofam, ferri fecura, feneftam 

 Durat ? inacceffis nifi confita montibus, ipfo 

 Se defenfa loco tucatur: fi qua fuperfunt 

 A patribus nemora ad feros tranfmifla nepotes, 

 Ilia nee seftivo frondent impervia foli, 

 Nobile nee coelo caput abdunt, qualia quondam 

 Vulgus adorabat truncis pracera verendis. 

 Sed veteri de ftirpe, novo furgentia ramo, 

 Et quatuor poft luftra nigros vifura caminos. 

 Vix Jepori hofpitium praebent, fylveftribus olim 

 Quae timidas latebris damas urfofque tegebant. 

 Ecquis honos ruris, nemorum fi gratia defit ; 

 Obfeflufque domi maneas, cum Sirius ardens 

 Debacchatur agris ; viridique fub ilicis umbra 

 Irriguo poflis nee aeftivos ramorum frigore foles 

 Frangere, nee taciti per arnica filentia luci, 

 Multifonos avium concentus inter, ad aptos 

 Sponte fua veniens numeros, contexere carmen*'. 



As it is thus a general complaint that noble 

 trees are rarely to be found, we muft feek 

 them where we can; and confider them when 

 found, as matters- of curiofity 3 and pay them 

 a due refpect. 



And yet I mould fuppofe they are not fo 

 frequently found in a ftate of nature, as in 



Praed. rufticum, lib. v. 



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