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Like barriers by thy side, where the tall pine Stands stately as a warrior in his prime, Mixed with low gnarled oaks, whose yellow leaves Are bound with ruby tendrils, emerald shoots, And the wild blossoms of the honeysuckle; And even more impervious grows the brier, Covered with thorns and roses, mingled like Pleasures and pains, but shedding richly forth Its fragrance on the air; and by its side The wilding broom as sweet, which gracefully Flings its long tresses like a maiden's hair Waving in yellow beauty. The red deer Crouches in safety in its secret lair; The sapphire, bird's-eye, and blue violets Mix with white daisies in the grass beneath; And in the boughs above the woodlark builds,