Hearts Of Oak Poem by Christopher Tye

Hearts of Oak

English men and naval vessels beat with a heart of oak,
Quercus Robur the heart of English broad leaf woodlands,
Ancient churches and cathedrals with oak doors and beams,
Admiral Nelson and his oaken command ship HMS Victory,
Elizabethan country piles with ancient oak tables and chests,
Oak beams in country cottages an Englishman's idyll,
Centuries old half-timbered buildings in English towns and cities,
Oak trees fit for kings and outlaws to live and hide in.

By Christopher Tye