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  2. The Acorn and the Pumpkin - Wikipedia

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    The Acorn and the Pumpkin, in French Le gland et la citrouille, is one of La Fontaine's Fables, published in his second volume (IX.4) in 1679. In English especially, new versions of the story were written to support the teleological argument for creation favoured by English thinkers from the end of the 17th century onwards.

  3. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802

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    The Well Wrought Urn: Studies in the Structure of Poetry by Cleanth Brooks and Paul Rand. Harcourt, Brace 1975 ISBN 9780156957052 "Review of Poems, in Two Volumes by Francis Jeffrey, in Edinburgh Review, pp. 214–231, vol. XI, October 1807 – January 1808; Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 in audio on Poetry Foundation

  4. Gilwell Oak - Wikipedia

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    Baden-Powell's sketch of his acorn and oak analogy, inspired by the Gilwell Oak. The Gilwell Oak is a Common or English Oak (Quercus robur) of approximately 450–550 years of age. [1] It is in Gilwell Park, a former country estate in Epping Forest that was purchased by The Scout Association in 1919 for use as their headquarters. [2]

  5. Acorn - Wikipedia

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    The pests can infest and consume more than 95% of an oak's acorns. [citation needed] Fires also released the nutrients bound in dead leaves and other plant debris into the soil, thus fertilizing oak trees while clearing the ground to make acorn collection easier.

  6. Merlin's Oak - Wikipedia

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    Merlin's Oak, also known as the Old Oak and Priory Oak, was a pedunculate oak that once stood on the corner of Oak Lane and Priory Street in Carmarthen, South Wales. [1] Merlin's Oak is associated with the legend of Merlin in the local lore, but it is also said to have been planted by a schoolmaster in 1659 or 1660, to celebrate the return of ...

  7. Tree That Owns Itself - Wikipedia

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    The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree that, according to legend, has legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet (2.4 m) of its base. Also known as the Jackson Oak, the tree is at the corner of South Finley and Dearing Streets in Athens, Georgia, US.

  8. Puck of Pook's Hill - Wikipedia

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    Each story is bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story. Donald Mackenzie, who wrote the introduction for the Oxford World's Classics edition [ 2 ] of Puck of Pook's Hill in 1987, has described this book as an example of archaeological imagination that, in fragments, delivers a look at the history of ...

  9. Anecdote of Canna - Wikipedia

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    Canna is a genus of 10 species of flowering plants. In the poem's legerdemain the cryptic middle stanza conceals the sleight of hand. Poor X wakes in his sleep ("Now day-break comes") and consequently his eye clings to the canna forever. [2] The cleverness of the poem links it to "The Worms at Heaven's Gate".