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DIVISION IV. 

 CONSTRUCTIVE MATERIALS. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



BUILDING AND FUENITURE WOODS. 



And forth they pass, with pleasure forward led, 



Joying to hear the birds' sweet harmony, 



Which therein shrouded from the tempest dread, 



Seem'd in their song to scorn the cruel sky. 



Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, 



The sailing Pine, the Cedar proud and tall, 



The vine-prop Elm, the Poplar never dry, 



The builder Oak, sole king of forests all, 



The Aspen good for staves, the Cypress funeral. 



The Laurel, meed of mighty conquerors 

 And poets sage, the Fir that weepeth still, 

 The Willow worn of forlorn paramours, 

 The Yew obedient to the bender's will, 

 The Birch for shafts, the Sallow for the mill, 



