OAK I am the Roof-tree and the Keel: I bridge the seas for woe or weal. FIR High o'er the lordly oak I stand, And drive him on from land to land. ASH I heft my brother's iron bane; I shaft the spear and build the wain. YEW Dark down the windy dale I grow, The father of the fateful Bow. POPLAR The war shaft and the milking bowl I make, and keep the hay-wain whole OLIVE The King I bless; the lamps I trim; In my warm wave do fishes swim. APPLE TREE I bowed my head to Adam's will; The cups of toiling men I fill. VINE I draw the blood from out the earth; I store the sun for winter mirth. ORANGE TREE Amidst the greenness of my night My odorous lamps hang round and bright. FIG TREE I who am little among trees In honey-making mate the bees. MULBERRY TREE Love's lack hath dyed my berries red: For love's attire my leaves are shed. PEAR TREE High o'er the mead flower's hidden feet I bear aloft my burden sweet. BAY Look on my leafy boughs, the crown Of living song and dead renown! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SICK ROSE, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE LITTLE BEACH BIRD by RICHARD HENRY DANA (1787-1879) ON AN OLD MUFF by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON WINTER'S EVENING HYMN TO MY FIRE by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL BEAUTIFUL WOMEN by WALT WHITMAN CHARACTERS: SUSANNAH BARBAULD MARISSAL by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD PSALM 1. BEATUS VIR, QUI NON by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |