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DOMUS CAEDET ARBOREM by CHARLOTTE MEW

Poet Analysis

First Line: EVER SINCE THE GREAT PLANES WERE MURDERED
Last Line: WERE SIMPLY BIDING THEIR TIME
Subject(s): CIVILIZATION; ENVIRONMENT; NATURE; TREES;

Ever since the great planes were murdered at the end of the gardens
The city, to me, at night has the look of a Spirit brooding crime;
As if the dark houses watching the trees from dark windows
Were simply biding their time.




It was intill a pleasant time,
Upon a simmer's day,
The noble Earl of Mar's daughter
Went forth to sport and play.
As thus she did amuse hersell,
Below a green aik tree,
There she saw a sprightly doo
Set on a tower sae hie.




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