Old favourite tree, thou'st seen time's changes lower, Though change till now did never injure thee; For time beheld thee as her sacred dower And nature claimed thee her domestic tree.
John Clare
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Fallen Elm; Exact wording and attribution checked. Text from Poems Chiefly from Manuscript (1920 edition). Complete four-line sentence describing the tree as a protected part of the household before it was felled.
- The Fallen Elm
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