 The Aspens — one and all, With solemn groan And hollow moan Lament a comrade's fall ! A goodly Elm, of noble girth, That, thrice the human span — While on their variegated course The constant Seasons ran — Through gale, and hail, and fiery bolt,...  Works - Page 187by Thomas Hood - 1872Full view - About this book
 | S. Warrand - 1842 - 590 pages
...! now the Forest Trees may sigh, The Ash, the Poplar tall, The Elm, the Birch, the drooping Beech, The Aspens— one and all, With solemn groan And hollow...Seasons ran — Through gale, and hail, and fiery boll, Had stood erect as- Man. But now, like mortal Man himself, Struck down by hand of (jod, Or heathen... | |
 | 1842 - 592 pages
...! now the Forest Trees may sigh, The Ash, the Poplar tall, The Elm, the Birch, the drooping Beech. The Aspens— one and all, With solemn groan And hollow...Seasons ran — Through gale, and hail, and fiery boll, Had stood erect as Man. But now, like mortal Man himself, Struck down by hand of God, Or heathen... | |
 | 1842 - 590 pages
...! now the Forest Trees may sigh, The Ash, the Poplar tall, The Elm, the Birch, the drooping -Beech, The Aspens— one and all, With solemn groan And hollow...Seasons ran— • Through gale, and hail, and fiery butt, Had stood erect as Man. But now, like mortal Man himself, Struck down by hand of God, Or heathen... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1853 - 422 pages
...f now the Forest Trees may sigir, The Ash, the Poplar tall, The Elm, the Birch, the drooping Beecb, The Aspens — one and all, With solemn groan And hollow moan Lament a comrade's falf! A goodly Elm, 6f noble girth, That, thrice the human span — While on their variegated course... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pages
...! now the forest trees may sigh, The ash, the poplar tall, The elm, the birch, the drooping beech, The aspens — one and all, With solemn groan And hollow moan, Lament a comrade's fall ! " Ay, now the forest trees may grieve And make a common moan Around that patriarchal trunk So newly... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 536 pages
...! now the forest trees may sigh, The ash, the poplar tall, The elm, the birch, the drooping beech, The aspens — one and all, • With solemn groan And hollow moan Lament a comrade's fall ! 11 A goodly elm, of noble girth, That, thrice the human span — While on their variegated course... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 pages
...now the Forest Trees may sigh, — The ash, the poplar tall, The elm, the birch, the drooping beech, The aspens — one and all, With solemn groan And...and hail, and fiery bolt — Had stood erect as Man. 11ut now, like mortal Man himself, Struck down by hand of God, Or heathen idol tumbled prone Beneath... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 394 pages
...! now the Forest Trees may sigh, The Ash, the Poplar tall, The Elm, the Birch, the drooping Beech, The Aspens — one and all, With solemn groan And...Lament a comrade's fall ! A goodly Elm, of noble girth, The constant Seasons ran — Through gale, and hail, and fiery bolt, Had stood erect as Man. But now,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1867 - 464 pages
...Poplar tall, The Elm, the Birch, the drooping Beech, The Aspens — one and all, With solemn groau And hollow moan Lament a comrade's fall ! A goodly Elm, of noble girth, The constant Seasons ran — Through gale, and hail, and fiery bolt, Had stood erect as Man. But now,... | |
 | Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club - 1869 - 402 pages
...remarkable for their size, and do not therefore find a place in the list I have now to put before you. "A goodly Elm of noble girth That thrice the human...and hail, and fiery bolt, Had stood erect as man." Hood. Loudon, in his catalogue of " Recorded Elms," mentions only three trees in the whole county,... | |
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