 With his knife the tree he girdled ; Just beneath its lowest branches, Just above the roots, he cut it, Till the sap came oozing outward ; Down the trunk, from top to bottom, Sheer he cleft the bark asunder, With a wooden wedge he raised it, Stripped...  Foundation Readers - Página 235por B. Ellen Burke - 1911Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Peter Rosen - 1895 - 728 páginas
...cut it, Till the sap came oozing outward ; Down the trunk from top to bottom, Sheer he cleft the hark asunder, With a wooden wedge he raised it, Stripped...more steady, Make more strong and firm beneath me I Down he hewed the boughs of cedar, Shaped them straightway to a framework, Like two bows he formed... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, W. B. Powell - 1896 - 376 páginas
...Just beneath its lowest branches, Just above the roots he cut it, Till the sap came oozing outward ; Down the trunk, from top to bottom, Sheer he cleft...more steady, Make more strong and firm beneath me ! ' Down he hewed the boughs of cedar, Shaped them straightway to a framework, Like two bows he formed... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1897 - 230 páginas
...Teacher. — See note, page 136. I Just above the roots, he cut it, Till the sap came oozing outward; Down the trunk, from top to bottom, Sheer he cleft...from the trunk unbroken. " Give me of your boughs, 0 Cedar ! Of your strong and pliant branches, My canoe to make more steady, Make more strong and firm... | |
 | Mary Hall Husted - 1897 - 148 páginas
...Then he needed something for the framework of his boat. He said to the Cedar-Tree: "Give me of you boughs, O Cedar! Of your strong and pliant branches,...more steady, Make more strong and firm beneath me!" A cry of horror went up from the Cedar. Part with her branches! Who could wish her to do such a thing... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1898 - 298 páginas
...beneath its lowest branches, Just above the roots, he cut it, Till the sap came oozing outward; 30 Down the trunk, from top to bottom, Sheer he cleft...from the trunk unbroken. "Give me of your boughs, O Cedarl 35 Of your strong and pliant branches, My canoe to make more steady, Make more strong and firm... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1898 - 218 páginas
...Just beneath its lowest branches, Just above the roots, he cut it, Till the sap came oozing outward ; Down the trunk from top to bottom, Sheer he cleft...Stripped it from the trunk unbroken. '' Give me of your houghs, O Cedar ! Of your strong and pliant branches, My canoe to make more steady. Make more strong... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1898 - 220 páginas
...beneath its lowest branches, Just above the roots, he cut it, so Till the sap came oozing outward ; Down the trunk, from top to bottom, Sheer he cleft...he raised it, Stripped it from the trunk unbroken. 35 " Give me of your boughs, O Cedar ! Of your strong and pliant branches, My canoe to make more steady,... | |
 | Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson - 1898 - 122 páginas
...morning, Saying with a sigh of patience: "Take my cloak, 0 Hiawatha!" " Give me of your boughs, 0 Cedar! My canoe to make more steady, Make more strong and...beneath me.' Through the summit of the Cedar Went a sound—a cry of horror, But it whispered, bending downward, " Take my boughs, 0 Hiawatha." " Give... | |
 | William Augustus Mowry, Arthur May Mowry - 1900 - 318 páginas
...Just beneath its lowest branches, Just above the roots, he cut it, Till the sap came oozing outward; Down the trunk, from top to bottom, Sheer he cleft...more steady, Make more strong and firm beneath me ! ' " Down he hewed the boughs of cedar, Shaped them straightway to a framework, Like two bows he formed... | |
 | New York (State). Department of Public Instruction - 1900 - 1314 páginas
...Just beneath the lowest branches, Just above the roots he cut it, Till the sap came oozing outward; Down the trunk from top to bottom, Sheer he cleft...more steady. Make more strong and firm beneath me I " Through the summit of the Cedar Went a sound, a cry of horror, Went a murmur of resistance. But... | |
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