The Oak
(2)
The monarch of the Forest fell
His dying groan resounded thru the wood
And lo? as if some sudden spell
Had [] their strong hearts, his brethren stood
Shaking in every limb with freezing blood.
(1)
A thousand summers had a mighty Oak
with head erect defied the lightning & stroke
A thousand winters did his giant form
Bent its firm strength against the raging storm
And lires Balt, & winters Gale had shown
His [] crest, but He was tempest-born
And like some [warrior] high-unown in war
He towered aloft rejoicing in each scar.
3
Cold heavy darkness spread around
A sombre cloud obscured the face of day
And then in saddened & solemn sound
Borne on the wailing wind spread this [log].
A dull & deathly song moaning itself away.
4
The Forest-being hath gone to his lost nest
His ashes on the [] wind are cast
Just end, the greatest [treasure], wisest, best
The Monarch and the [] must meet at last
Death marketh no degree - he striketh all
The string & [works] beneath his scythe must fall
And he that fills the layest place on earth
Soon from the living mind shall pop away
For in the tomb there is no second birth
In that dull channel-house, no great [] may.

5
No more when war in dread array shall come,
Amid the storm land thunder pumped soon
And Hurrcone, war slew in noise & foam 
Swift ranking oer the land shall finaly form
a bring torrent from his nostrils and
shall for with foame floating oer his head
and shant upon the crashing battle head
and glance that speaks his proud uncompied In 
show to the world that he hath never feared 
while deadliest terror might around him fall. 

6
No more when peace sits on some western land 
that floats with silken wings and seas offer 
while [Zephyr] sings now faint now sweaty land 
a not more saint then funbles lyre eir hear 
shall the sheath forth his brawny arms to see
the pale wild flowers that grace the velvet [sevae?]
nor shall the Breases as they pay along
[twisting] the [sound] Getty [aflicy] from his heavy head
Enrich the [?] to pipe their wining song. 
For once they sing the requiem of the dead