I.
There is a spot, by men believed to be
Earth’s centre, and the place of Adam’s grave,
And here a slip that from a barren tree
Was cut, fruit sweet and salutary gave—
Yet not unto the tillers of the land;
That blessèd fruit was culled by other hand.
II.
The shape and fashion of the tree attend:
From undivided stem at first it sprung;