 | John Wood - 1994 - 156 pàgines
...quarter of a mile. Lorton was immortalised by Wordsworth, who wrote in his poem 'Yew Trees': 'a yew tree, pride of Lorton Vale, which to this day stands single, in the midst of its own darkness'. The tree in question, now long gone, stood behind the village hall, called, not surprisingly, Yew Tree... | |
 | Michael O'Neill, Mark Sandy - 2006 - 362 pàgines
...of which it is the representative." Such types and symbols of eternity are like the . . . Yew tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness These types of infinity are images of freedom. The early Romantic's battle against atheism was essentially... | |
 | 1923 - 574 pàgines
...among the largest and oldest of their kind in England. Writing at (Jrasmere in 1803, the poet said: "There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which...the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore; But not to furnish weapons for the bands Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched To Scotland's heaths;... | |
 | 1876 - 806 pàgines
...the beginning of the century might be seen the famous yew, the " Pride of Lorton Vale, Which to thii day stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore." Simpson and I felt curious to see the yew, and made some enquiry about it, but in vain. I daresay the... | |
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THERE is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale, Which to this day stands single, in the midst Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore... 
