Page:Felicia Hemans in The Court Magazine Volume IV 1834.pdf/2



, joy of the peasant! O stately lime! Thou art fallen in thy golden honey time. O tree of our fathers! O hallowed tree! A glory is gone from our home with thee.

But the sons of the peasant have lost in thee Far more than the ring-dove, far more than the bee!

O pride of our fathers! O, hallowed tree! The crown of the hamlet is fallen in thee!