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...and sacred gifts his boughs adorn, And spoils of war, by mighty heroes won ; But, the first vigour of his root now gone, He stands dependent on his weight...And, with his leafless trunk, he forms a shade. Yet tho' the winds, his ruin daily threat, As every blast would heavehim from his seat; Tho' thousand fairer...

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...stood the shadow of what once he was. So, in the field with Ceres' bounty spread, Uprears some ancient oak his reverend head ; Chaplets, and sacred gifts...his weight alone ; All bare his naked branches are displayed, And with his leafless trunk he forms no shade : Yet though the winds his ruin daily threat,...

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