Said one, who upward turned his eye,

To scan the trunks from earth to sky:

"These trees, no doubt, well rooted grew

When ancient Nineveh was new;

And down the vale long shadows cast

When Moses out of Egypt passed,

And o'er the heads of Pharaoh's slaves

And soldiers rolled the Red Sea waves."

"How must the timid rabbit shake,

The fox within his burrow quake,