par iuxta quercus, longum molita per aevum vertice canenti proferre sub astra cacumen, diffusas patulo laxabat stipite frondes umbrabatque coma summi fastigia montis.
Beside it grew another oak of equal size, that had striven for centuries to exalt its hoary head to the sky; the spreading trunk was crowned with a vast circle of leafage that overshadowed the top of the mountain.
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