<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537618" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Inscription For A Stone Erected At The Sowing Of A Grove Of Oaks At Chillington, Anno 1790</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Other stones the era tell,<br>When some feeble mortal fell;<br>I stand here to date the birth<br>Of these hardy sons of earth.<br>Which shall longest brave the sky,<br>Storm and frost -- these oaks or I?<br>Pass an age or two away,<br>I must moulder and decay;<br>But the years that crumble me<br>Shall invigorate the tree,<br>Spread its branch, dilate its size,<br>Lift its summit to the skies.<br>Cherish honour, virtue, truth,<br>So shalt thou prolong thy youth.<br>Wanting these, however fast<br>Man be fixed, and formed to last,<br>He is lifeless even now,<br>Stone at heart, and cannot grow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Cowper">William Cowper</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=537618" data-title="Inscription For A Stone Erected At The Sowing Of A Grove Of Oaks At Chillington, Anno 1790 de William Cowper" data-description="Other stones the era tell, When some feeble mortal fell; I stand here to date the birth Of these hardy sons of earth. Which shall longest brave the sky, Storm and frost -- these oaks or I? Pass an age or two away, I must moulder and decay; But the..."></div> </div> </div>

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