| Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 páginas
...sheltered 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 !...renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hew it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak,... | |
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 páginas
...sheltered 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....Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea, Say, wouldst thou hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke, Cut not its earth-hound ties, Oh, spare... | |
| 1859 - 802 páginas
...sheltered mo, And I'll protect it now. 'Twos my fore-father's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not! That...glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea — And wonldst thou hack it down ? Woodman forbear thy stroke! Cut not it« earth-bound ties ; 0, spare that... | |
| HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 páginas
...now. *T was 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 glory...renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hew it d Woodman, forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties; 0 spare that aged oak, Now towering... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1859 - 422 páginas
...forefather's hand That placed it near his cot: There, woodman, let it stand, Thy ax shall harm it not! 2. That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hew it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke 1 Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak,... | |
| John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 páginas
...now. 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot ; There, woodman, let it stand : Thine axe shall harm it not. That old familiar tree, Whose...renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hew it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke : Cut not its earth-bound ties. O, spare that aged oak, Now... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 páginas
...approval. "Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot : Ihere, woodman, let it stand, Thy ax shall harm it not ! That old familiar tree, Whose...renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hew it down dman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh, spare that aged oak, Now... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 páginas
...Indians begged that it might be spared. How appropriate to their entreaties seem the words of Morris : " Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound...Oh, spare that aged oak., Now towering to the skies !" ian of the chartered rights of the infant colony ; and so highly was it venerated, that, at sunset... | |
| George W. Henry - 1861 - 384 páginas
...protect it now. T was my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; While I Ve a hand to save, Thine axe shall harm it not. That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Has spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hack it down t Woodman, thy stroke forbear, Cut not... | |
| Henry Howe - 1861 - 844 páginas
...now. 'T was my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There, woodman. Iet it stand, Thy ai shall harm it not ! That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Arc spread o'er laud and sea, And wouldst thou hew it downi Woodman. forbear thy strokel Cut not its... | |
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