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The lines which head this slight sketch refer to the 
wise arrangement observable in the different character 
of the upper and lower leaves: the latter, in order to 
defend it from cattle, See. being armed with sharp 
spines, whilst those which are above the reach of such 
depredators “ smooth and unarmed appear.” 
Is this the grove whose leafy pride 
Bright summer’s noontide beams defied ? 
Can yonder be the bank where spring 
Did all her store of blossoms fling ? 
Or this dull stream with leaves o’erstrewn, 
The limpid brook, whose silvery tone 
Seem’d, as its clear waves rolled along, 
The echo of some Naiad’s song ? 
Ah, changing earth ! uncertain sky ! 
How does your glory mock the eye! 
Where is it now?—above, beneath, 
All, all is torpor, change, and death. 
All, said I ? Nay, in yonder nook 
The holly wears its ’custom’d look, 
