 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
 | 1900 - 336 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 the bark asunder, With a wooden wedge lie raised it, Stripped it from the trunk unbroken. " Give me of your boughs, 0 Cedar ! Of your strong... | |
 | 1901 - 214 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...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... | |
 | Oscar Israel Woodley, Myra Soper Woodley - 1901 - 260 páginas
...upon the river, Like a yellow leaf in autumn, Like a yellow water-lily! " Give me of your boughs, 0 Cedar! Of your strong and pliant branches, My canoe...more steady, Make more strong and firm beneath me! Give me of your roots, 0 Tamarack! Of your fibrous roots, 0 Larch-tree! My canoe to bind together,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Henry Ketcham - 1901 - 380 páginas
...elaborate poem " The Building of the Ship." man. THE SONGt OF HIAWATHA. Till the sap came oozing outward ; Down the trunk, from top to bottom, Sheer he cleft the bark asunder, With a wooden wedge lie raised it, Stripped it from the trunk unbroken. "Give me of your boughs, O Cedar ! Of your strong... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1893 - 924 páginas
...he cut it, Till the sap came oozing outward; 30 Down the trunk, from top to bottom. Sheer he elcft the bark asunder. With a wooden wedge he raised it,...more steady, Make more strong and firm beneath me!" Down he hewed the boughs of cedar, Shaped them straightway to a frame Through the summit of the Cedar... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - 1902 - 360 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...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 Grace Fickett - 1902 - 208 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...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... | |
 | Hannah Avis Perdue, Sarah Elizabeth Griswold - 1902 - 248 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...he raised it, Stripped it from the trunk unbroken. * # * * — From "Hiawatha" by Henry W. Longfellow. In the first stanza Hiawatha speaks to the Birch-tree.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1904 - 448 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...a wooden wedge he raised it, Stripped it from the bark unbroken. " Give me of your boughs, O Cedar ! Of your strong and pliant branches My canoe to make... | |
 | CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE, PH. D. - 1905 - 778 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...trunk unbroken. ' Give me of your boughs, O Cedar I Of your strong and pliant branches, My canoe to make more steady, Make more strong and firm beneath... | |
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