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Quotes from The Thorn; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations — William Wordsworth

1770–1850 England

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There is a Thorn,—it looks so old,
In truth, you'd find it hard to say
How it could ever have been young,
It looks so old and gray.
Not higher than a two years child
It stands erect, this aged Thorn;
No leaves it has, no prickly points;
It is a mass of knotted joints,
A wretched thing forlorn.
It stands erect, and like a stone
With lichens is it overgrown.

The Thorn; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Wordsworth (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.