| Charles Chauncey Burr - 1862 - 108 páginas
...bough 1 In youth it sheltered me, 'T was my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot ; There, woodman, let it stand ; Thy axe shall harm it not....Are spread o'er land and sea — And wouldst thou hew it down T Woodman, forbear thy stroke I Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh, spare that aged oak,... | |
| Popular poetry - 1862 - 244 páginas
...shelter'd me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's Land That placed it near his cot ; Then, woodman, let it stand ; Thy axe shall harm it not....Are spread o'er land and sea, — And wouldst thou hew it down P Woodman, forbear thy stroke, Cut not its earth-bound ties ; O, spare that aged oak, Now... | |
| Charles Chauncey Burr - 1863 - 120 páginas
...Iwugh ! In youth it sheltered rne, 'T was 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 f;lury and renown Are spread o'er land and sea — And wouldst thou hew it down T Woodman, forbear... | |
| 1864 - 428 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 I Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh, spare that aged oak,... | |
| esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 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 would'st thou hew it down ? 'Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties, O ! spare that aged oak.... | |
| 1865 - 118 páginas
...bough ! In youth it sheltered me, '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,... | |
| English poetry - 1866 - 180 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, Now... | |
| Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 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....Are spread o'er land and sea, — and wouldst thou cut it down ? Woodman ! forbear thy stroke ! cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh, spare that aged oak,... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 1010 páginas
...protect it now. Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot : There, woodman, let it stnnd. Thy axe shall harm it not ! That old familiar tree,...renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hew it downf Woodman, forbenr thy stroke! Cut not its earth-hound tics; Oh, spare that aged oak, Now... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 372 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...Oh, spare that aged oak, Now towering to the skies. 8. When but an idle boy, I sought its grateful shade ; In all their gushing joy, Here, too, my sisters... | |
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