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
| Albert Newton Raub - 1880 - 186 páginas
...kissed me here; My father pressed my hand: Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand ! My heartstrings round thee cling Close as thy bark, old friend ! Here shall the wild bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree I the storm still brave, And, woodman, leave... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1881 - 704 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 axe shall harm it not. POETRY. To me the world's an open book, Of sweet and pleasant... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1881 - 1078 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,...thy branches bend. Old tree! the storm still brave I And, woodman, leave the spot : While I've a hand to save, Thy axe shall harm it not. I*M WITH YOU... | |
| 1881 - 426 páginas
...round thee cling Close as thy oark, old friend ; Here shall the wild bird sing, And still thy brunches bend. Old tree ! the storm still brave ! And, woodman, leave the spot ; While I've a hand to save, Thy axe shall harm it not. seeeeeee TEE EMPEROR AND TEE LOYAL PHEASANTS. A CORRESPONDENT... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 páginas
...kiss'd me here ; My father press'd my hand — Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand ! wild bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree ! the storm still brave ! And, woodman, leave... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1882 - 616 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 axe shall hurt it not. Brandywine, the River, Pa. THE BRANDTWINE. OH ! if... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1882 - 984 páginas
...d my hand: Forgive this foolish tear, — But let that old oak stand ! My heart-strings round tliee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend! Here shall the...Old tree! the storm still brave! And, woodman, leave that spot', While I've a hand to save. Thy axe shall harm it not. WILLIAM MORRIS. [-From the Earthly... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1883 - 240 páginas
...thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh, spare that aged oak, Now towering to the skies. 3. 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. sin'-gle shel'-tered fa-mil'-iar re-nown' spare, do... | |
| William Swinton - 1883 - 396 páginas
...their gushing joy Here too my sisters played. My mother kissed me here, My father pressed my hand 4. 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 Swinton - 1883 - 398 páginas
...their gushing joy Here too my sisters played. My mother kissed me here, My father pressed my hand; 4. 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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