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THE TALKING OAK.
xlviii.
From spray, and branch, and stem,
Have suck'd and gather'd into one
The life that spreads in them,
xlix.
But lightly issuing thro',
I would have paid her kiss for kiss
With usury thereto.'
l.
And overlook the lea,
Pursue thy loves among the bowers,
But leave thou mine to me.
li.
Old oak, I love thee well;
A thousand thanks for what I learn
And what remains to tell.