When but an idle boy, I sought its grateful shade; In all their gushing joy, Here, too, my sisters played. My mother kissed me here; My father pressed my... Bulletin - Página 601913Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Elizabeth Lloyd - 1876 - 154 páginas
...oak stand. My heart-strings round thee cling Close as thy bark, old friend ; Here shall the wild bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree, the storm...still brave ! And, woodman, leave the spot; While I've a hand to save, Thy axe shall hurt it not. THE GLADNESS OF NATURE. Is this a time to be gloomy and... | |
| Elizabeth Lloyd - 1876 - 156 páginas
...mother kissed me here, My father pressed my hand ; Forgive this foolish iear, But let the old oak stand. My heart-strings round thee cling Close as thy bark, old friend ; Here shall the wild bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree, the storm still brave ! And, woodman, leave... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 páginas
...kissed me here ; My father pressed my hand — Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand ! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark,...still brave ! And, woodman, leave the spot; While I 've a hand to save, Thy ax shall harm it not. GEORGE p. MOCKIS. YOUTH. THE ROMANCE OF THE SWAN'S... | |
| London readers - 1878 - 200 páginas
...kissed me here ; My father pressed my hand Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand ! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark,...brave ! And, woodman, leave the spot ; While I've a hand to save, MORNING THOUGHTS. WHAT secret hand, at morning light, By stealth unseals mine eye,... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1878 - 708 páginas
...kissed me hero ; My father pressed my hand — Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand ! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark,...shall the wild-bird sing, And still thy branches bend. 409 Old tree ! the storm still brave ! And woodman, leave the spot ; While I've a hand to save, Thy... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1879 - 300 páginas
...kissed me here; My father pressed my hand — Forgive this fiolish tear, But let that old oak stand ! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark,...still brave ! And, woodman, leave the spot; While I 've a hand to save, Thy axe shall hurt it not. Brandywine, the River, Pa. THE BBANDYWINE. OH ! if... | |
| 1879 - 328 páginas
...kissed me here; My father pressed my hand — Forgive this fwlish tear, But let that old oak stand ! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark,...still brave ! And, woodman, leave the spot; While I 've a hand to save, Thy axe shall hurt it not. Georye P. Morris. Brandywine, the River, Pa. THE BRANDYWINE.... | |
| Frederick Saunders - 1880 - 474 páginas
...kissed me here, my father pressed my hand, — Forgive this foolish tear ; but let that old oak stand ! My heart-strings round thee cling, close as thy bark,...brave ; and, woodman, leave the spot ; While I've a hand to save, thy axe shall harm it not. This lyric is also by the same author : — To me the world's... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 páginas
...kissed me here ; My father pressed my hand — Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand ! d be filled. Pca-caUu Lost, Boat ii. MILTON. I fled, and cried out DEATH I 've a hand to save, Thy axe shall hurt it not. скоков PERKINS MORRIS. SEVEN TIMES TWO. ROMANCE.... | |
| 1880 - 400 páginas
...kiss'd me here ; My father press'd my hand — Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand. My heart-strings round thee cling Close as thy bark,...wild-bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree I the storm still brave ; And, woodman, leave the spot ; While I've a hand to save, Thy axe shall harm... | |
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