The Pear Tree

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"The Book of Odes", by L. Cranmer-Byng, [1908],

p. 34

"The Pear-tree\"

This shade-bestowing pear-tree, thou

Hurt not, nor lay its leafage low;

Beneath it slept the Duke of Shaou.

This shade-bestowing pear-tree, thou

Hurt not, nor break one leafy bough;

Beneath it stayed the Duke of Shaou.

This shade-bestowing pear-tree, thou

Hurt not, nor bend one leafy bough;

Beneath it paused the Duke of Shaou.