WOODMYTH & FABLE 



DOGWOOD 



>HEN Adam was in Eden, his 

 choicest plant of all 

 Was a glorious showy Dogivood 

 that bloomed above the wall. 

 The Devil viewed its spotless white; he marked 



the Gardener's pride, 

 And vowed he 'd spoil the garden's show; — 



but dared not go inside. 

 And so he climbed a Locust-tree that grew outside 



the foss, 

 And reached to shake, — but found, alas! each 



bloom was in a cross, 

 Which put them all beyond his power to wither 



or to blight. 

 The worst that he could do was give each 



snowy leaf a bite : 

 And there it shows and always will; and where 

 the Devil sat 





