 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
 | Indiana. State Board of Forestry - 1915 - 32 páginas
...kissed me here; My father pressed my hand — Forgive the foolish tear; But let the old oak stand. My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend; Here shall the wild birds sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree! the storm still brave, And, woodman, leave... | |
 | Lawton Bryan Evans, Luther Noble Duncan, George William Duncan, Luther N. Duncan, George W. Duncan - 1916 - 396 páginas
...now. 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot ; There, woodman, let it stand — Thy ax shall harm it not ! That old familiar tree, Whose...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... | |
 | Sister Mary Domitilla - 1916 - 296 páginas
...Forgive this foolish tear — But let that old oak stand ! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close to thy bark, old friend ! Here shall the wild-bird sing,...And still thy branches bend. Old tree ! the storm shall brave ! And, woodman, leave the spot ; While I've a hand to save, Thy ax shall harm it not. —... | |
 | John Gordon Dorrance - 1916 - 252 páginas
...forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman, let it stand, Thy ax shall harm it not. 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... | |
 | Mary Eleanor Kramer - 1917 - 322 páginas
...forefather's hand That placed it near my cot; There, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not! ******* 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... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1917 - 360 páginas
...kissed me here, My father pressed my hand : Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand ! s 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 ! 10 And, woodman, leave... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner, John William Cunliffe, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Harry Morgan Ayres, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer - 1917 - 816 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, old friend! Here shall the wild bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree! the storm still brave! And, woodman, leave the... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1917 - 360 páginas
...kissed me here, My father pressed my hand : Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand ! 6 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 ! 10 And, woodman, leave... | |
 | 1918 - 2030 páginas
...kissed me here; J 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 axe shall harm it not. George Pope Morris [1802-1864] THE BEECH TREE'S PETITION... | |
 | George Henry Tilton - 1918 - 532 páginas
...spare that tree" would make our people richer in the love of nature and of the Great Author of nature. "My heartstrings 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... | |
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