 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 Wooster First[-fifth] Reader - Page 214by Lizzie E. Wooster, Lorraine Elizabeth Wooster - 1907Full view - About this book
 | 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, spare that aged oak,... | |
 | 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, spare that aged oak,... | |
 | 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, spare that aged oak, Now... | |
 | 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, spare that aged oak,... | |
 | 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, spare that aged oak,... | |
 | 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 ; O, spare that aged oak,... | |
 | 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 ! spare the aged oak Now... | |
 | 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 ! spare the aged oak... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1846 - 738 pages
...least, I implore you, the liberty and the labour of a free, a faithful, and an industrious people. " That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and ecu, Say, would'st thou hack it down ? Woodman, forbear thy stroke ; Cut not its earth-born 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 : Oh ! spare that aged oak,... | |
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