In two years' time 't had thus

"In two years' time 't had thus" by Henry David Thoreau

from Wild Apples

    In two years' time 't had thus
     Reached the level of the rocks,
    Admired the stretching world,
     Nor feared the wandering flocks.

    But at this tender age
     Its sufferings began:
    There came a browsing ox
     And cut it down a span.