 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...  The Oxford Book of American Verse - Page 41edited by - 1927 - 680 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Periodicals - 1851 - 608 pages
...two side by side : — ' Woodman, spare that tree, Touch not a single bough; In youth it eheltcr'd me, And I'll protect it now. Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot : 0 woodman ! «pare that tree, The axe shall barm it not. n. " Oft, when a careless child, Beneath... | |
 | 1852 - 348 pages
...woman was carried to 'her husband's apartments. WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE. BY OT MORRIS. I. '' Woodman, spare that tree, Touch not a single bough ; In youth...'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot : 0 woodman ! spare that tree, The axe shall harm it not. n. " Oft, when a careless child, Beneath... | |
 | Abel Charles Thomas - Universalist churches - 1852 - 422 pages
...things, albeit there is some reason and more nature in the sentiment of the favorite song, "Woodman! spare that tree; touch not a single bough: In youth it sheltered ME, and I'll protect it now." There is also somewhat of religion in the sentiment, and I do not envy the man who can see life-long... | |
 | Ohio - 1853 - 592 pages
...to fruit trees than to shade and ornamental trees about our dwellings. " Woodman, spare that tree I Touch not a single bough, In youth it sheltered me,...placed it near his cot : There, woodman, let it stand 1 Thy aze shall harm it not." On the subject of farm stock a very few words must suffice. And the first... | |
 | Songs - 1853 - 456 pages
...zfc shel - ter'd me, And I'll pro-tect it now. 'Twas my fore - fa - ther's hand That %=SPï plac'd it near his cot ;— There, woodman, let it stand,...Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea, — Ah ! wouldst thou hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke — Cut not its earth-bound ties ;... | |
 | George Pope Morris - American poetry - 1853 - 422 pages
...spare that tree 1 Touch not a single bough I In youth it sheltered me, And I 'll protect it now. T was my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot ;...There, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not I" Woodman, spare that Tree, p. 86. LISETTE. ENGRAVED BY CHARLES BURT. (Titiepage.) "On bridal day,... | |
 | Brewin Grant - Apologetics - 1853 - 294 pages
...it, in the infancy of the world's improvement, still guards it jealously, singing— " 0 ! woodman spare that tree, Touch not a single bough, In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now." It was planted in suffering, it has been watered with blood and tears, it has grown up under the oppression... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1855 - 690 pages
...WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE.» WOODMAIC, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it shclter'd me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's...spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hew it down Î Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh spare that aged oak, Now towering... | |
 | United States - 1855 - 560 pages
...Consequently, we would not wish his veracity to be confirmed by any member of his family.— ED. USR 'Twos my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot;...And wouldst thou hew it down ? 'Woodman, forbear thy ttrdke! Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh ! spare that aged oak, Now towering to the skies ! When, but... | |
 | N. Brittan, L. H. Sherwood - Hymns, English - 1855 - 400 pages
...spare that tree; Touch not a single bough; In youth it shelter'd me, And I '11 protect it now ! 'T was my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot ;...Woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not. 2. That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea, Say, would'st thou... | |
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