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Wednesday, 2 July 2008

Beech Tree

Beech Tree Sky

"That thou, light-wingèd Dryad of the trees,
In some melodious plot
Of beechen green, and shadows numberless,
Singest of summer in full-throated ease."

John Keats 'Ode to a Nightingale'


“Under yonder beech-tree single on the greensward,

Couched with her arms behind her golden head,

Knees and tresses folded to slip and ripple idly,

Lies my young love sleeping in the shade.”

George Meredith (1828-1909)