Birds and flowers, or, Lays and lyrics of rural life (1873)
Howitt, Mary Botham, 1799-1888, Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904 · London ; New York : T. Nelson and Sons · leaf 70
m with praiseTo see a tree so fair. And though tlie world was darkenedWith the shade of human ill, And man was cast from Paradise,Yet wast thou goodly still. And when an ancient poetSome lofty theme would sing. He made the Cedar symbol forthEach gieat and gracious thing. And royal was the Cedar,… … • ^V^ In the Temple of Jerusalem,That glorious Temple old, They only found the Cedar-woodTo match with carved orold. 64 CEDAR-TREES. Thou great and noble Solomon ! What king; was eer like thee ?Thou, mid the princes of the earth Wast like a Cedar-tree ! But the giory of the Cedar-tree Is as an old…
