MOUNTAIN ASH TREE. 253 



of fine poetry have so much reason to regret, has noticed 

 the height of this tree, and the freshness of its berries : 



he was withal 



A man of elegance, and stature tall : 

 So that the waving of his plumes would be 

 High as the berries of a wild ash tree, 

 Or as the winged cap of Mercury." 



KEATS'S Early Poems, p. 25. 



But what is higher beyond thought than thee ? 

 Fresher than berries of a mountain tree ?" 



KEATS'S Sleep and Poetry. 



