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    The poem addresses the Oak of Guernica, a tree where local lawgivers and peasants would meet. It questions how the tree can flourish given troubling times, with no hope that these meetings will continue. The tree is seen as holding greater power than the oak in Dodona that was believed to house a divine voice. The poem suggests the tree would be better off destroyed if the meetings of lawgivers and peasants under its branches no longer safeguard the ancient liberty of Biscay.

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    The poem addresses the Oak of Guernica, a tree where local lawgivers and peasants would meet. It questions how the tree can flourish given troubling times, with no hope that these meetings will continue. The tree is seen as holding greater power than the oak in Dodona that was believed to house a divine voice. The poem suggests the tree would be better off destroyed if the meetings of lawgivers and peasants under its branches no longer safeguard the ancient liberty of Biscay.

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    The poem addresses the Oak of Guernica, a tree where local lawgivers and peasants would meet. It questions how the tree can flourish given troubling times, with no hope that these meetings will continue. The tree is seen as holding greater power than the oak in Dodona that was believed to house a divine voice. The poem suggests the tree would be better off destroyed if the meetings of lawgivers and peasants under its branches no longer safeguard the ancient liberty of Biscay.

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    THE OTHE OAK OF GUERNICA

    William Wordsworth, 1810

    Oak of Guernica! Tree of holier power

    Than that which in Dodona did enshrine

    (So faith too fondly deemed) a voice divine

    Heard from the depths of its aerial bower-

    How canst thou flourish at this blighting hour?

    What hope, what joy can sunshine bring to thee,

    Or the soft breezes from the Atlantic sea,

    The dews of morn, or April's tender shower?

    Stroke merciful and welcome would that be

    Which should extend thy branches on the ground,

    If never more within their shady round

    Those lofty-minded Lawgivers shall meet,

    Peasant and lord, in their appointed seat,

    Guardians of Biscay's ancient liberty.

    THE OAK OF GUERNICA


    William Wordsworth, 1810

    Oak of Guernica! Tree of holier power


    Than that which in Dodona did enshrine

    (So faith too fondly deemed) a voice divine

    Heard from the depths of its aerial bower-

    How canst thou flourish at this blighting hour?

    What hope, what joy can sunshine bring to thee,

    Or the soft breezes from the Atlantic sea,

    The dews of morn, or April's tender shower?

    Stroke merciful and welcome would that be

    Which should extend thy branches on the ground,

    If never more within their shady round

    Those lofty-minded Lawgivers shall meet,

    Peasant and lord, in their appointed seat,

    Guardians of Biscay's ancient liberty.

    THE OAK OF GUERNICA


    William Wordsworth, 1810

    Oak of Guernica! Tree of holier power

    Than that which in Dodona did enshrine

    (So faith too fondly deemed) a voice divine

    Heard from the depths of its aerial bower-

    How canst thou flourish at this blighting hour?

    What hope, what joy can sunshine bring to thee,

    Or the soft breezes from the Atlantic sea,


    The dews of morn, or April's tender shower?

    Stroke merciful and welcome would that be

    Which should extend thy branches on the ground,

    If never more within their shady round

    Those lofty-minded Lawgivers shall meet,

    Peasant and lord, in their appointed seat,

    Guardians of Biscay's ancient liberty.

    THE OAK OF GUERNICA


    William Wordsworth, 1810

    Oak of Guernica! Tree of holier power

    Than that which in Dodona did enshrine

    (So faith too fondly deemed) a voice divine

    Heard from the depths of its aerial bower-

    How canst thou flourish at this blighting hour?

    What hope, what joy can sunshine bring to thee,

    Or the soft breezes from the Atlantic sea,

    The dews of morn, or April's tender shower?

    Stroke merciful and welcome would that be

    Which should extend thy branches on the ground,

    If never more within their shady round

    Those lofty-minded Lawgivers shall meet,

    Peasant and lord, in their appointed seat,


    Guardians of Biscay's ancient liberty.

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