I + 

There is a Thorn⁠—it looks so old, + 

In truth, you’d find it hard to say + 

How it could ever have been young⁠— + 

It looks so old and gray. + 

Not higher than a two years’ child + 

It stands erect, this aged Thorn; + 

No leaves it has, no thorny points; + 

It is a mass of knotted joints, + 

A wretched thing forlorn. + 

It stands erect, and like a stone + 

With lichens it is overgrown. + 