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" There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore : Not loth to furnish weapons for the bands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's heaths ; or those that... "
An Arrangement of British Plants: According to the Latest Improvements of ... - Page 815
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Poems by William Wordsworth: Including Lyrical Ballads, and the ..., Volume 1

William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth - 1815 - 438 pages
...settles into peaceful calm, Is left to muse upon the solemn scene. IV. YEW-TREES. THERE is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single,...the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore, Not loth to furnish weapons for the Bands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's Heaths...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Wordsworth - 1815 - 442 pages
...into peaceful calm, Is left to muse upon the solemn scene. 302 IV. YEW-TREES. THERE is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single,...the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore, Not loth to furnish weapons for the Bands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's Heaths...
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The Miscellaneous Poems of William Wordsworth, Volume 2

William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1820 - 372 pages
...settles into peaceful calm, Is left to muse upon the solemn scene. V. YEW-TREES. THERE is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single,...the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore, Not loth to furnish weapons for the Bands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's Heaths...
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Sylvan sketches; or, A companion to the park and the shrubbery, by the ...

Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 pages
...whffeh iibpiorts holy hair." • " f «i " There is a yew tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to tills day stands single in the midst ,Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore, Not loth to furnish weapons in the hands Of Umfraville or Percy, ere they marched To Scotland's heaths,...
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The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume 2

William Wordsworth - 1827 - 412 pages
...flash of speed, As if they scorned both resting-place and rest ! VL YEW-TREES. THERE is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single,...the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore, Not loth to furnish weapons for the Bands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's Heaths...
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The British poets of the nineteenth century, including the select works of ...

British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...unsubstantial, faery place ; That is fit home for thee ! YEW-TREES. THERK is a Y'ew-tree, pride of Lorton-Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Of its...darkness, as it stood of yore, Nor loth to furnish weapons for the Bands Of Umfravillc and Percy ere they marched To Scotland's Heaths ; or those that crossed...
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The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volume 3

1829 - 476 pages
...of the veiled Helvellyn, or the windy gloom of Ull's Water. But let Wordsworth speak :— There li a yew tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single In the midst Of Its own darkness,—as it stood of yore. Not loth to furnish weapons for the bands Of Uinfraville or Percy,...
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...'appears to be An unsubstantial, faery place ; That is fit home for thee ! YEW TREES. THERE is a yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of y6re, Not loth to furnish weapons for the bands Of Umfraville or Percy, ere they marched To Scotland's...
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The Annals of My Village: Being a Calendar of Nature, for Every Month in the ...

Mary Roberts - Gloucestershire (England) - 1831 - 388 pages
...stood, And plann'd the charter for their country's good." I may also notice " The pride of Lorton's vale, Which to this day stands single in the midst...weapons in the hands Of Umphraville or Percy, ere they march'd To Scotland's heaths, or those, that cross'd the sea, And drew their sounding bows at Agincourt:...
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The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural ..., Volume 2

Edward Mammatt - Art - 1835 - 472 pages
...habitat. Wordsworth has well described the appearance of the yew in Cumberland — " There is a yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single...the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore, Not loth to furnish weapons in the hands Of UmfreYille, or Percy, ere they marched To Scotland's heaths,...
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