Crossword-Solution: FORRESTS 8 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 11

The army of Van Dorn and Price had been brought from the trans-Mississippi Department to the east of the river, and was collected at and about Holly Springs, where, reenforced by Armstrong's and Forrests cavalry, it amounted to about forty thousand brave and hardy soldiers.

Erminia’s steed (this while) his mistresse bore Through forrests thicke among the shadie treene, Her feeble hand the bridle raines forelore, Halfe in a swoune she was for fear I weene; But her flit courser spared nere the more, To beare her through the desart woods unseene Of her strong foes, that chas’d her through the plaine And still pursu’d, but still pursu’d in vaine.

Time was (for each one hath his doting time, These siluer locks were golden tresses than) That countrie life I hated as a crime, And from the forrests sweet contentment ran, To Memphis’ stately pallace would I clime, And there became the mightie Caliphes man And though I but a simple gardner weare, Yet could I marke abuses, see and heare.

Paula Desten! Philip Desten's daughter! The Desten blood! The Destens and the Forrests! It was enough.

Much can they prayse the trees so straight and hy, 6 The sayling Pine, the Cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop Elme, the Poplar neuer dry, 8 The builder Oake, sole king of forrests all, The Aspine good for staues, the Cypresse funerall.