 | George Pope Morris - American poetry - 1838 - 106 pages
...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 hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh,... | |
 | George Pope Morris - 1838 - 96 pages
...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 hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh,... | |
 | George Pope Morris - American literature - 1839 - 160 pages
...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 hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh,... | |
 | William Huffington - Delaware - 1839 - 500 pages
...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,... | |
 | American ballads and songs - 1841 - 376 pages
...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 hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh,... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1837 - 400 pages
...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 would'st thou hack it down 1 Woodman, forbear thy stroke ; Cut not its earth-bound lief ;... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 340 pages
...father's hand That placed it near his cot ; Then, 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, And would'st thou hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties, Oh... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 372 pages
...father's har.d That placed it near h;s cot; Then, woodman, lev it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not 2. That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown, Are spread o'er land and sea, And would'st thou hack it down? Woodman, forbear thy stroke* Cut not its earth-bound ties, Oh... | |
 | George Kingsley - Vocal music - 1847 - 212 pages
...wood-man, let it stand, Thy axe shall harm it not. jff assSfe* * i • oz 3 136 ±& Concluded. 137 That old, familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea — And wouldst tliou hack it down? Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties:... | |
 | Songs, English - 1847 - 906 pages
...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 hack it down ? Woodman ! forbear thy stroke : Cut not its earth-bound ties... | |
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WOODMAN, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough; In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. 
