ON THE STUMP OF AN OLD TREE

O Moving sight! it wakes the tragic muse;
To scenes like this my heart is never cold:
Alas! poor plant, why stand'st thou here alone? 
Is it because thou'rt leafless, bent, and old? 

Thy branches lop'd, no more afford a shade
From heating rains, or Phoebus' scorching beams;
Nor here, reclin'd in slumbers, lies the swain,
And of his fancied fortune fondly dreams. 

9 Thou, once the pride, the glory of the plain,

10 Round which sweet innocents did often play;

11 Thy trunk the houseless wretch has gladly fought,

12 And little songsters lodg'd on every spray:

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Here has the bee procur'd a snug recess,
Form'd by the art of no destructive hand;
Her toils repaid, her luxuries enjoyed,
And here in safety rear'd a busy band. 

Neglected now alike by man and brute,
The woeful monument of many years;
My spirits sink — I'll on thy stump recline,
And wash thy wither'd bark with female tears. 

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Title (in Source Edition): ON THE STUMP OF AN OLD TREE

Author: Rebekah Carmichael (later Hay)

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Carmichael, Miss (Rebekah) (fl. 1790-1806). Poems. Edinburgh: Peter Hill, 1790, pp. 48-49. 92p. (ESTC T104666) (Page images digitized from a copy at University of California Libraries — third-party rights apply.)

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ON THE STUMP OF AN OLD TREE

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