ALL things decay with time : the forest sees The growth and downfall of her aged trees ; That timber tall, which threescore lusters stood The proud dictator of the state-like wood, I mean (the sovereign of all plants) the oak, Droops, dies, and falls without the cleaver's stroke.
ALL THINGS DECAY AND DIE
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ALL things decay with time : the forest sees
The growth and downfall of her aged trees ;
That timber tall, which threescore lusters stood
The proud dictator of the state-like wood,
I mean (the sovereign of all plants) the oak,
Droops, dies, and falls without the cleaver's stroke.