Tho’ heaven to me that power denies,
The Pope or Denham of his days,
Whose lofty verse shall match their praise.
FINIS.
ADDRESS
TO
SWILCAR OAK,
DESCRIBED
In Mr. MUNDY’s Poem
ON
NEEDWOOD FOREST,
Hail, stately oak, whose wrinkled trunk hath stood
Age after age, the sov’reign of this wood;
You, who have seen a thousand springs unfold
Their ravell’d buds, and dip their flowers in gold;
Ten thousand times yon moon relight her horn,