Living
Cypress and Cedar! Gracefullest of Trees
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
Cypress and Cedar! gracefullest of trees,
Friends of my boyhood! ye, before the breeze,
As lofty lords before an eastern throne,
Bend the whole body, not the head alone.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Cypress and Cedar! Gracefullest of Trees.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/598/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “Cypress and Cedar! Gracefullest of Trees.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/598/.
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