 bough In youth it shelter'd me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot ; There, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not! That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And...  A Compendium of American Literature - Stran 608avtor: Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 740 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1866 - 546 strani
...per acre. If mixed, halve these quantities ; and so when sown with clover or timothy. Old Virginia. " 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot. There, woodman, let it âtand. Thy axe shall harm it not/' The thoughts upon the holding of our homesteads, and the value... | |
 | George Pope Morris - 1838 - 96 strani
...my own again ! THE OAK. WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's...renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh, spare that aged oak,... | |
 | George Pope Morris - 1838 - 106 strani
...own again ! .19 THE OAK. WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's...renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh, spare that aged oak,... | |
 | George Pope Morris - 1839 - 160 strani
...MORRIS. HENRY RUSSELL, ESQ. WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's...renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hack it clown ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh, spare that aged oak,... | |
 | George Pope Morris - 1839 - 168 strani
...MORRIS. HENRY RUSSELL, ESQ. WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's...renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh, spare that aged oak,... | |
 | 1841 - 376 strani
...BY GEORGE P. MOBBI8. WOODMAN, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his...renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak,... | |
 | George Pope Morris - 1843 - 192 strani
...of all the choral band. 37 WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE.' WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it shelter'd me, And I'll protect...renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak,... | |
 | George Pope Morris - 1843 - 220 strani
...are seldom seen together. WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE. ' WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it shelter'd me, And I'll protect...renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak,... | |
 | 1845 - 446 strani
...yoi too. I'll make. WOODMAN, SrARE THAT Tl Music—at Jeffery and Nelson's. Woodman, spare that tree, And I'll protect it now. T'was my forefather's hand...woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not. Touch not a single bough! In youth it shelter'd me, r ..«io er land and sea, iay, would'st thou hack... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 strani
...father's hand That placed it near his cot; Then, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not. 2. That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown, Are spread o'er land and sea, And would'st thou hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties, Oh! spare the aged oak Now... | |
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