 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...now, '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 ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh, spare that aged... | |
 | 1866 - 546 pages
...per acre. If mixed, halve these quantities ; and so when sown with clover or timothy. Old Virginia. " 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot. There, woodman, let it âtand. Thy axe shall harm it not/' The thoughts upon the holding of our homesteads, and the value... | |
 | George Pope Morris - 1838 - 106 pages
...now. '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...and 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... | |
 | George Pope Morris - 1838 - 96 pages
...WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it 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 ! That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea,... | |
 | William Huffington - 1839 - 500 pages
...now. 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot; There,t 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 hack it down? Woodman, forbear thy stroke? Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak,... | |
 | George Pope Morris - 1839 - 160 pages
...WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it 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 ! That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea,... | |
 | George Pope Morris - 1839 - 168 pages
...spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 'Tvvas 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,... | |
 | 1841 - 376 pages
...BY GEORGE P. MOBBI8. WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single 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 ! That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea,... | |
 | 1837 - 400 pages
...WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it 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 ! That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea,... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 pages
...not a single bough ! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's hand i 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 * Among the fables of antiquity,... | |
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WOODMAN, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough; In youth it 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! 
