 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1883 - 240 páginas
...and 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 towering to the skies. 3. My heart-strings round thee cling Close as thy bark, old friend ! Here shall the wild-bird sing,... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1884 - 192 páginas
...renown t* * 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 towering to the skies ! When but an idle boy, I sought its grateful shade ; In all their gushing joy Here too my sisters... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 páginas
...forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak, 15 Now towering to the skie3! 袵* r * My mother kiss'd me here; Here too my sisters play'd. 20 My father press'd my hand — Forgive this... | |
 | 1886 - 552 páginas
...mother kissed me here; My father pressed my handForgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand! " When but an idle boy I sought its grateful shade;...all their gushing joy Here too my sisters played." That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea : And would'st thou hew... | |
 | 1886 - 556 páginas
...and 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 towering to the skies. When but an idle boy, I sought its grateful shade ; In all their gushing joy, Here, too, my sisters... | |
 | Michigan State University. Agricultural Experiment Station - 1887 - 700 páginas
...little acorns grow." Button wood (Harrison).— Sassafras (Heury).— " Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh, spare that aged oak, Now towering to the skies !" " Behold yon oak, Uow stern he frowns." Pepperidge (Walter).—"The glory of the woods." Buckeye... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1888 - 600 páginas
...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 towering to the skies ! When but an idle boy, I sought its grateful shade; In all their gushing joy Here, too, my sisters... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 páginas
...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 towering to the skies! When but an idle boy, I sought its grateful shade; In all their gushing joy Here, too, my sisters played.... | |
 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - 1889 - 900 páginas
...Tall oaks from little acorns grow." Button wood (Harrison). — • " Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties : Oh, spare that aged oak, Now towering to the Skies !" Sassafras (Henry). — " Behold yon oak. How stern he frowns. " Pepperidge (Walter).— " The glory... | |
 | Wisconsin State Horticultural Society - 1890 - 272 páginas
...renown Are spread o'er land and sea, — And wouldst thou hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak, Now towering to the skies! i When but an idle toy I sought its grateful shade In all their gushing joy, Here, too, my sisters played. My mother kissed... | |
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Twas 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 glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea — And wouldst thou hew it down? Woodman, forbear thy stroke!... 
