 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 ax shall harm it not.  The Magazine of Poetry - Page 2461891Full view - About this book
 | 1856 - 736 pages
...sleeping in her grave, add now more forcibly to the allusion. " Woodman, spare that tree : touch not ft single bough. In youth it sheltered me, and I'll protect it now." That tree has been the arena of many picnics — social festivities which add to the enjoyments of... | |
 | Agriculture - 1866 - 546 pages
...per acre. If mixed, halve these quantities ; and so when sown with clover or timothy. Old Virginia. " 'Twas my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot. There, woodman, let it âtand. Thy axe shall harm it not/' The thoughts upon the holding of our homesteads, and the value... | |
 | William Huffington - Delaware - 1839 - 500 pages
...so good. In the mean time we cannot resist the desire of preserving it in the pages of the Register. "Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough!...my 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... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1856 - 802 pages
...it was warbled by a lovely form now sleeping in her grave, add now more forcibly to the allusion. " Woodman, spare that tree : touch not a single bough....In youth it sheltered me, and I'll protect it now." That tree has been the arena of many picnics — social festivities wbich add to the enjoyments of... | |
 | George Pope Morris - American literature - 1839 - 168 pages
...letter. With sentiments of respect, I remain yours very cordially, GEO. P. MOBRIS. HENRY RUSSELL, ESQ. WOODMAN, 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... | |
 | Nathaniel Parker Willis - Indians of North America - 1840 - 246 pages
...cannot close our description without one more extract from the delightful volume before us. " THE OAK. 1 Woodman, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough...In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. Twos my forefather's hand That placed it near his cot ; Thorc, woodman, let it stand, Thy uw shall... | |
 | American ballads and songs - 1841 - 376 pages
...my breast, Thou wouldst not blush to call me thine ! WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE. BY GEORGE P. MOBBI8. 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 shall... | |
 | George Pope Morris - American poetry - 1843 - 192 pages
...never knew In the Paphian bowers. See them roaming, hand in hand, The pride of all the choral band. 37 WOODMAN, SPARE THAT 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 cot ; There,... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...of noble trees, and the neglect to plant and cultivate them, are peculiar faults of our countrymen. Woodman, spare that tree ! Touch not a single bough...And I'll protect it now. 'Twas my forefather's hand i That placed it near his cot ; There, woodman, let it stand ; Thy axe shall harm it not ! That old... | |
 | Mary Bristow Wood - Natural history - 1845 - 120 pages
...done all things well" — had it been one of dear grandpapa's wood-cutters, I should have said — " Woodman, spare that tree, Touch not a single bough—...In youth it sheltered me. And I'll protect it now. " Governess : Your papa has ordered the trunk to be preserved for you, has he not ? Pupil : Oh, yes... | |
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