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" When but an idle boy, I sought its 'grateful shade; In all their gushing joy Here too my sisters played. My mother kissed me here; My father pressed my hand, — Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand! "
The Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopædia of Universal Authorship ... - Page 378
edited by - 1893
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...In all their gushing joy, Here, too, my sisters played. My mother kissed me here; My father press' d my hand: Forgive this foolish tear, — But let that...Old tree! the storm still brave! And, woodman, leave that spot1, While I've a hand to save, Thy axe shall harm it not. WILLIAM MORRIS. [From the Earthly...
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Poems

George Pope Morris - 1838 - 96 pages
...; In all their gushing joy Here too my sisters played. My mother kiss'd me here ; My father press'd my hand — Forgive this foolish tear, But let that...still brave ! And, woodman, leave the spot ; While Fve a hand to save, Thy axe shall harm it not. 20 ROSABEL. I miss thee from my side, beloved, I miss...
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The Delaware Register and Farmers' Magazine, Volume 2

William Huffington - 1839 - 500 pages
...shade; In all their gushing joy Here too my sisters played. My mother kiss'd me here; My father press'd my hand — Forgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand! My heart strings round thee cling, 'Close as thy bark, old friend! Here shall the wild bird sing, And...
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American scenery; or, Land, lake, and river illustrations of ..., Volume 2

Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1840 - 246 pages
...mother kissed me here ; My father pressed my handForgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stend! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark,...still brave! And, woodman, leave the spot ; While I've n hand to save. Thy axe shall harm it not" BOSTON, AND BUNKER HILL, (FROM THE EAST.) THIS view is taken...
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The Common School Speaker: A New Collection of Original and Selected Pieces ...

William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 pages
...boy I sought its grateful shade ; In all their gushing joy, Here, too, my sisters played. My mother kissed me here, My father pressed my hand ; Forgive...cling, Close as thy bark, old friend ! Here shall the wild bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree ! the storm still brave ! And, woodman, leave...
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Practical Elocution: Containing Illustrations of the Principles of Reading ...

Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 372 pages
...boy, I sought its grateful shade, In all their gushing joy There too my sisters played ; My mother kissed me here^— My father pressed my hand,— ' Forgive this foolish tear, But let the old oak stand. 4. My heart strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend ! Here shall...
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Practical Elocution

Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 pages
...earth-bound ties, Oh ! spare the aged oak Now towering to the skies. 3. When but an idle boy, My mother kissed me here — My father pressed my hand, — Forgive this foolish tear, But let the old oak stand. 4. My heart strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend ! Here shall...
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The Social Choir: Designed for a Class Book, and the Social Circle... : the ...

George Kingsley - 1847 - 212 pages
...In all their gushing joy, Here, too, my sisters play'J. My mother kiss'd me here; My father press'd my hand — Forgive this foolish tear, But let that...cling, Close as thy bark, old friend ! Here shall the wild bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree, the storm still brave ! And, woodman, leave...
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Songs of Ireland and Other Lands: Being a Collection of the Most Popular ...

1847 - 906 pages
...gushing joy — Here, too, my sisters play'd My mother kiss'd me here ; My father press 'd my handForgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand. My...cling Close as thy bark, old friend : Here shall the wild bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree ! the storms still brave, And, woodman, leave...
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The British orator

Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...shade; In all their gushing joy Here too my sisters play'd. My mother kiss'd me here; My father press'd my hand — Forgive this foolish tear, But let that...storm still brave! And, woodman, leave the spot; While I 've a hand to save, Thy axe shall harm it not. THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD. THEY grew in beauty, side...
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