 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
 | James Cornwell - 1870 - 152 pages
...rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay. SCOTT, 1771—1832. WOODMAN, SPAKE THAT TREE. WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth...spread o'er land and sea, And would'st thou hew it down P Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh, spare that aged oak, Now towering... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1870 - 170 pages
...to take them home. And so this happy day came to an end at last. WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE ! WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ; In youth...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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 pages
...Coon. IV. 67. WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE. ~TTTOODMAN, spare that tree ! VV Touch not a single bough 1 In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now....it near his cot : There, woodman, let it stand, Thy ax shall harm it not I 2. That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea,... | |
 | William Valentine - American wit and humor - 1889 - 236 pages
...like a bird : Woodman spare that trw» > Touch not a single bough. In youth it shelter'd me, And I II protect it now; 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed...There, woodman, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not Hard by, in a pine, sat a sober old Owl, A-fanning himself in the cool western breeze ; And he wore... | |
 | American poetry - 1870 - 252 pages
...But never changed the coin and gift, Of Bonapart^. Thomas Campbell. WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE! OODMAN, 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... | |
 | American poetry - 1871 - 210 pages
...fancy never could have drawn, And never can restore. CHARLES WOM-E. WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE. WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth...placed it near his cot ; There, woodman, let it stand: Thine axe shall harm it not. That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough 1 In youth it sheltered me, And I '11 protect it now. 'T was remote upon the simple sod, And sue in forma pauperis to God. As for the rest, — 1 That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hew... | |
 | Rufus Putnam - Fayette County (Ohio) - 1872 - 134 pages
...kiss not me? PIONEER TREE. Woodman, spare that tree, touch not a single bough. In youth it shelter'd me, and I'll protect it now. Twas my forefather's hand, that placed it near his hut, There, woodman, let it stand, thy ax shall harm it not. That old familiar tree, whose glory and... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1873 - 730 pages
...WOODMAN, SPARE *fHAT TREE.* WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it shelter'd me, And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's...and renown Are spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst tliou hew it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh spare that aged... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...In youth it sheltered me, And I '11 protect it now. 'T was my forefather's hand That placed it neaf cean on his wintry shore, And felt the strong pulse throbbing there ; 0, spare that aged oak, Now towering to the skies I When but an idle boy I sought its grateful shade... | |
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