Fable it A Fable A stately pine of boastful mien Upon a rugged cliff did stand; The sun bathed both in golden sheen. The selfsame sky above them spanned, Be not so proud, the ancient rock Once gently chid the tap ring pine; Tis not quite seemly that you mock The ancient stone your roots entwine; Im used to be esteemed, revered. In every place, in every zone: The Ten Great Words to men endeared Were writ by Grod himself on stone! Yet dare I glance into the sky, Rejoined the graceful, vaunting pine; The Saviour on the cross did die; I carried one who was divine! They quarreled, but they still abide. The ancient rock, the boastful tree; They dwell together, side by side And cannot part, by God sdecree. March,
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