DHE IVY-BUSH. 
\ A as Beyond the slopes of feathery fern ; 
jeer the lake, and beyond the fen, 
Down in a wild and sylvan glen, 
In the very heart of Winter-burn wood ; 
Last summer an ivy-bush there stood, 
As strong as an oak, as thick as a yew, 
This ivy-bush in the forest grew: 
Let us go down this day and see 
If in Winter-burn still grows this tree. 
Now we are here:—the words I spoke 
Were not, ye see, an idle joke! 
Stem, branch, and root, what think ye all 
Of this ivy-bush, so broad and tall? 
