| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...stand ! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend ! Here shall the wild-bird sing; And still thy branches bend. Old tree! the storm still brave! And, woodman, leave that spot1, While I've a hand to save, Thy axe shall harm it not. WILLIAM MORRIS. [From the Earthly... | |
| George Pope Morris - American poetry - 1838 - 106 pages
...stand ! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend ! Here shall the wild-bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree ! the...woodman, leave the spot ; While I've a hand to save, Thy axe shall harm it not. 20 ROSABEL. I miss thee from my side, beloved, I miss thee from my side... | |
| George Pope Morris - 1838 - 96 pages
...stand ! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend ! Here shall the wild-bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree ! the...still brave ! And, woodman, leave the spot ; While Fve a hand to save, Thy axe shall harm it not. 20 ROSABEL. I miss thee from my side, beloved, I miss... | |
| George Pope Morris - American literature - 1839 - 160 pages
...stand ! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend ! Here shall the wild-bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree ! the...woodman, leave the spot ; While I've a hand to save, Thy axe shall harm it not. LEAVES AN EDITOR'S PORTFOLIO. \LEAVES FROM A PORTFOLIO. "A thing of shreds... | |
| William Huffington - Delaware - 1839 - 500 pages
...bark, old friend! Here shall the wild bird sing, And still thy branches bend, Old tree! the storm shall brave! And, woodman, leave the spot; While I've a hand to save, Thy axe shall harm it not." THE FATE OF GENIUS AND BEAUTY. "There was a certain fair and fairy one... | |
| Nathaniel Parker Willis - Indians of North America - 1840 - 246 pages
...stend! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend ! Here shall the wild-bird sing. And still thy branches bend. Old tree ! the...still brave! And, woodman, leave the spot ; While I've n hand to save. Thy axe shall harm it not" BOSTON, AND BUNKER HILL, (FROM THE EAST.) THIS view is taken... | |
| American ballads and songs - 1841 - 376 pages
...stand ! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend ! Here shall the wild-bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree ! the...woodman, leave the spot ; While I've a hand to save, Thy axe shall harm it not. THE SEXTON. BY PARK BENJAMIN. NIOH to a grave, that was newly made, Leaned... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...stand ! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend ! Here shall the wild bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree ! the...woodman, leave the spot, While I've a hand to save, Thy axe shall harm it not. LESSON LX. THE FIRST CHURCH. The author of the following beautiful lines... | |
| Children's periodicals - 1837 - 400 pages
...stand! My heart-strings round thee cling, Close as thy bark, old friend ! Here shall the wild-bird sing, And still thy branches bend. Old tree ! the...woodman, leave the spot ; While I've a hand to save, The axe shall harm it not." THE ARCHER AND THE ARROW. A FABLE. AN archer complained of his arrow, because... | |
| Samuel Niles Sweet - Elocution - 1846 - 372 pages
...old friend ! Here shall the wild bird sing, And still thy branches bend ; Old tree the storm shall brave, And woodman leave the spot ! While I've a hand to save. Thy axe shall harm thee not. The author is indebted to the " Schenectady Reflector " fora knowledge... | |
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