 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 Seiten
...of Deity supreme. Miltn. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spread b by slow degrees; Three centuries he 'grows, and three...stays Supreme, in state, and in three more decays. Jjrjdt*. i. Highest ; most excellent. No single virtue we could most commend, Whether the wife, the... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 Seiten
...his will ordains ; " The propagated species still remains. " The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, " Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees;...stays " Supreme in state, and in three more decays ; " So wears the paving pebble in the street, " And towns and towers their fatal periods meet: '•... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 500 Seiten
...die, his will ordains ; The propagated species still remains. t The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees;...stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays : So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods meet : So rivers,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 Seiten
...remains, The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees j Three centuries he grows, and three he stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays : So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods meet : So rivers,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 Seiten
...die, his will ordains, The propagated species still remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees...stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays ; So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods muet: So rivers,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 Seiten
...die, his »ill ordains, The propagated species still remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees;...stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays; So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods meet: So rivers,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 Seiten
...die, his will ordains, The propagated species still remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees...grows, and three he stays, Supreme in state, and in three^more decays ; So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 Seiten
...die, his will ordains, The propagated specie« still remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees; Three centuries he grows, and three he slay*, Supreme in state, and in three more decays; So wears the paving pebble in the street, AnA towns'and... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1865 - 630 Seiten
...organs of sense. Lastly, concerning the oak, should be mentioned the great age which it attains— The monarch oak, the patriarch of trees, Shoots rising...stays Supreme in state, and in three more decays. Nine hundred years, that is to say, constitute the ordinary term of oaklife. But there are many examples... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 Seiten
...die, his will ordains, The propagated species still remains. The monarch oak, the patriarch of the By fowl, fish, beast, was flown, was swum, wa» wa x=+ So wears the paving pebble in the street, And towns and towers their fatal periods meet : So riven,... | |
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The monarch oak, the patriarch of the trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees ; Three centuries he grows, and three he stays, Supreme in state, and in three more decays... 
