Transcribed by an anonymous volunteer from a book owned byDavid Price,

A LEAF
from
THE OLD FOREST.

poemsby
JOHN D. COSSAR.

london:
Smart & Allen, London House Yard, Paternoster Row.
1870.

p.2A LEAF FROM THE OLD FOREST.

O bring me a leaf from the Old Forest,
     The forest of beauty and song;
Where the Ettrick, through woods and fair meadows,
     Doth lead its sweet waters along.

O bring me a leaf from the Old Forest,
     A tuft from the glossy black pine;
A leaf from the oak and high chestnut tree
     And a branch of green holly combine.

O bring me a leaf from the Old Forest,
     A token so sacred, O bring;
’Twill recall those bright scenes to remembrance,
     Old friendships around it willcling.