The Pear Tree

THE PEAR-TREE This shade-bestowing pear-tree, thou Hurt not, nor lay its leafage low; Beneath it slept the Duke of Shaou. This shade-bestowing pear-tree, thou Hurt not, nor break one leafy bough; Beneath it stayed the Duke of Shaou. This shade-bestowing pear-tree, thou Hurt not, nor bend one leafy bough; Beneath it paused the Duke of Shaou.