“A living thing
Produced too slowly ever to decay;
Of form and aspect too magnificent
To be destroyed.”
                                
                                
                                
                                
                            
                                        
                                        Yew-Trees, l. 9 (1803). 
Context: Of vast circumference and gloom profound,
This solitary Tree! A living thing
Produced too slowly ever to decay;
Of form and aspect too magnificent
To be destroyed.