 | English literature - 1876 - 608 pages
...fungus to the oak, of which Dryden's couplet understates the truth in saying — ' Three centuries ho grows ; and three he stays, Supreme in state ; and in three more decays.' The Salcy Forest Oak in Northamptonshire could have told, if gifted with speech, of thrice five, not... | |
 | Frederick Edward Hulme - Flowers - 1877 - 270 pages
...generation of mankind passes away from beneath its shade, is equally well touched upon by Dryden — " The monarch oak, the patriarch of trees, Shoots rising...stays Supreme in state, and in three more decays." Naturally flowers enter largely into the festivities of rural life, and adorn by their simple beauty... | |
 | Benjamin Herbert Barton - 1877 - 488 pages
...thousand years old. Dryden assigns nine centuries to the Oak : — " 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." "In Britain, although it is unknown that acorns ever formed the common food of the inhabitants, it... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1877 - 574 pages
...Tiii. 49.) " Three centuries," &c. This is ft translation of some lines of Grid, by DryJen : — " The monarch oak, the patriarch of trees, Shoots rising...spreads by slow degrees : Three centuries he grows, find three he stays, Supreme in state ; and in three more decays." The authority for this is E. Byfshe's... | |
 | Richard Jefferies - Country life - 1878 - 232 pages
...secured himself and descendants a tenure of almost 3,000 years, at 'least, according to Dryden : — The monarch oak, the patriarch of trees, Shoots, rising...stays Supreme in state, and in three more decays. The keeper wishes he had such an opportunity. The knight, in his idea, reached the acme of wisdom with... | |
 | Richard Jefferies - 1878 - 232 pages
...secured himself and descendants a tenure of almost 3,000 years, at least, according to Dryden : — The monarch oak, the patriarch of trees, Shoots, rising...stays Supreme in state, and in three more decays. The keeper wishes he had such an opportunity. The knight, in his idea, reached the acme of wisdom with... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...beauty's due, High on a plane-tree shall be hung to view. DRYUEN. 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. DRYDEN. Thoughtless as monarch oaks that shade the plain, And spread in solemn majesty supinely reign.... | |
 | Francis George Heath - Botany - 1878 - 642 pages
...which make up a considerable portion of the world's history. Dryden says of this noble Tree, — ' Three centuries he grows ; and three he stays Supreme in state ; and in three more decays.' And although this indicated term of nine hundred years, expressed as the limit of Oak life, may be... | |
 | James Thomas Irvine - Ludlow (England) - 1878 - 184 pages
...summer, as monarch of the forest. May not Dryden's fine poem be applicable to such a tree ? — " This monarch oak, the patriarch of trees, Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees ; Three centuries it grows, and three it stays Supreme in state, and in throe more decays." And beneath its shade, or... | |
 | Painting - 1878 - 484 pages
...JOSEPH FARQUHARSON. In the centre — 444. " Arran,from Skelmorlie." ALEXANDER ERASER, RSA 445. " ' The monarch oak, the patriarch of trees, . Shoots rising up, and spreads by slow degrees : / JAMES FAEI> Three centuries he grows, and three he stays, C Jun. Supreme in state, and in three... | |
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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... 
