 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pagina’s
...1804. He was one of the editors of the Home Journal, and was the author of many popular songs.] 1. WOODMAN, spare that tree ; Touch not a single bough...my forefather's ' hand That placed it near his cot ; Then, woodman, let it stand ; Thy axe shall harm it not. 2. That old, familiar2 tree, ' Whose glory... | |
 | 1863 - 680 pagina’s
...and effectual than some sermons I have heard. O ! dear friends, destroy less and preserve more ! " Woodman, spare that tree, Touch not a single bough,...In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now ! " Is there not something heart-stirriag in this expression of gratitude to the tree ! Is not this... | |
 | Charles Chauncey Burr - 1863 - 120 pagina’s
...sacred laws : Woodman, spare that tree ! Touch not a sing In Iwugh ! In youth it sheltered rne, 'T was 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 f;lury and renown Are spread o'er land and sea... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pagina’s
...1815, at 46 ; died in exile at St. Helena, the 5th of May, 1821, at 52 years of age." THE OLD OAK TREE. WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough...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,... | |
 | 1864 - 428 pagina’s
...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...spread o'er land and sea, And wouldst thou hew it down I Woodman, forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; Oh, spare that aged oak, Now towering... | |
 | REV. CHARLES BULLOCK - 1865 - 700 pagina’s
...: old Robin planted it on a November morning, in days of yore. " 0 woodman, враге that tro« I Touch not a single bough ! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now 1 " Look not contemptuously on that old armchair : around it cluster somo of the ri'-host memories.... | |
 | 1865 - 118 pagina’s
...of Sorrow the deepest one That I bear with me to heaven !" Em'ly Judxon. WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TKEE. WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough ! In youth it sheltered me, 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot ', There, woodman, let it stand — Thy axe... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 pagina’s
...preserving from destruction this legendary memorial of his earlier and better days. Now for the song : — Woodman, spare that tree ! — touch not a single...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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 192 pagina’s
...gazing on the stars, she sighs, "We there may bide together !" JE CARPENTER. WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE. WOODMAN, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough...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,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 1010 pagina’s
...alone to Heaven !" WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE. Woodman, spare that tree 1 Touch not a single bough I thou rest, and what if thou withdraw In silence from the living, stnnd. Thy axe shall harm it not ! That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land... | |
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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... 
