Desolate the Wood


I hate to see mans strength employd 
To desolate the wood
To see a favourite tree destroyd 
That has for ages stood
To see the stript oak stretchd its length
A mournful thought the scene attends
Those seem thats left still green in strength
To mourn their fallen friends
 
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