Who took its name, and drew its birth,
The Oak plac’d next him to support
His government, and grace his court.
The Fir, of an uncommon size,
Rear’d his tall head unto the skies,
O’er-topp’d his fellow-plants, his height
Who view’d, and sicken’d at the sight:
With envy ev’ry fibre swell’d,
While in them the proud sap rebell’d;
“Shall then,” they cried, “the Ash, the Elm,