Katherine Philips Upon the graving of her Name upon a Tree in Barn- Elms Walks ALAS, how barbarous are we, Thus to reward the courteous Tree, Who its broad shade affording us, Deserves not to be wounded thus! See how the yielding bark complies With our ungrateful injuries! And seeing this, say how much then Trees are more generous then men, Who by a nobleness so pure, Can first oblige, and then endure. Source: Philips, Katherine. Poems, 1678. in Minor Poets of the Caroline Period. George Saintsbury, ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905. 583. to the Works of Katherine Philips Site copyright ©1996-2006 Anniina Jokinen. All Rights Reserved. Created by Anniina Jokinen on November 13, 2006.