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sky, alone afford “ ample room and verge enough ” for 
the full developement of its fair proportions. What a 
graphic description we have of its mode of growth and 
general appearance, not only in the motto above quoted, 
but in the following lines by Southey ! they convey 
a stronger and more perfect impression than any sketch 
could do: — 
'T was a fair scene wherein they stood, 
A green and sunny glade amid the wood, 
And in the midst an aged Banyan grew. 
It was a goodly sight to see 
That venerable tree. 
For o’er the lawn, irregularly spread, 
Fifty straight columns propp’d its lofty head, 
And many a long depending shoot. 
Seeking to strike its root. 
Straight like a plummet, grew toward the ground. 
Others of younger growth, unmov’d, were hung 
Like stone drops from the cavern’s fretted height. 
Beneath was smooth and fair to sight, 
Nor weeds nor briers deformed the natural floor : 
And through the leafy cope which bower’d it o’er 
Came gleams of checquer’d light. 
So like a temple it did seem, that there 
A pious heart’s first impulse would be prayer.” 
