 | 1808 - 436 lehte
...push'd Of tree-ship, first a seedling, hid in grass ? Then twig i then sapling i and as century roll'd, Slow after century, a giant bulk, Of girth enormous, with moss-cushioned root, Upheav'd above the soil, and sides emboss'd With prominent waves globose, till at the last, The rottenness,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1816 - 514 lehte
...push*d Of treeship — first a seedling, hid in grass ; Then twig ; then sapling; and, as cent'ry roll'd Slow after century, a giant bulk Of girth enormous, with moss-cushioned root Upheav'd above the soil, and sides emboss'd With prominent wens globose — till at the last The rottenness,... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 lehte
...pushed Of treeship — first a seedling, hid in grass ; Then twig ; then sapling, and as century rolled Slow after century, a giant bulk Of girth enormous,...soil, and sides embossed With prominent wens globose — till at the last The lottenness, which time is charged to inflict On other mighty ones, found also... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1847 - 454 lehte
...pushed, Of treeship,—first a seedling hid in grass; Then twig; then sapling; and, as century rolled Slow after century, a giant bulk Of girth enormous,...moss-cushioned root Upheaved above the soil, and sides emboss'd With prominent wens globose,—till, at the last, The rottenness, which time is charged to... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1851 - 468 lehte
...treeship, — first a seedling hid in grass ; Then twig ; then sapling ; and, as century rolled • Slow after century, a giant bulk Of girth enormous,...soil, and sides embossed With prominent wens globose, — till, at the last, The rottenness, which time is charged to inflict On other mighty ones, found... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1851 - 438 lehte
...Of treeship, — first a seedling hid in grass ; Then twig ; then sapling ; and, as century rolled Slow after century, a giant bulk Of girth enormous,...soil, and sides embossed With prominent wens globose, — till, at the last, The rottenness, which time is charged to inflict On other mighty ones, found... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1851 - 324 lehte
...and, as century rolls Slow after century, a giant bulk, Of girth enormous, with moss-cushioned xoot Upheaved above the soil, and sides embossed With prominent wens globose." But though.no man- lives throughout five hundred years of time, he can trace, by passing in some of the... | |
 | Woodland gleanings - 1853 - 306 lehte
...push'd Of treeship — first a seedling hid in grass ; Then twig ; then sapling ; and, as century roll'd Slow after century, a giant bulk Of girth enormous,...moss-cushioned root Upheaved above the soil, and sides emboss'd 'With prominent wens globose — till at the last The rottenness, which time is charged to... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1865 - 378 lehte
...refuse to sustain the excuse. It is not true that human observation has not been spread over ar sriod sufficiently extended to furnish the necessary data...five hundred yards of space, the history of the oak m ail its stages of growth, as correctly as if he did live throughout the five hundred years. Oaks,... | |
 | Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club - 1869 - 402 lehte
...push'd, Of treeshlp— first a seedling, hid In grass ; Then twig ; then sapling ; and as cent'ry roll'd Slow after century, a giant bulk Of girth enormous,...and sides embossed With prominent wens globose— till at the last The rottenness which time is charg'd to Inflict On other mighty ones found also thee."... | |
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Of treeship — first a seedling hid in grass ; Then twig ; then sapling ; and, as century rolled Slow after century, a giant bulk Of girth enormous, with moss-cushioned root Upheaved above the soil, and sides embossed With prominent wens globose, —... 
