 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.  Poems - Página 20por George Pope Morris - 1838 - 365 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1886 - 552 páginas
...mother kissed me here; My father pressed my handForgive this foolish tear, But let that old oak stand! " When but an idle boy I sought its grateful shade;...all their gushing joy Here too my sisters played." That old familiar tree, Whose glory and renown Are spread o'er land and sea : And would'st thou hew... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 páginas
...forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; O, spare that aged oak. Now towering to the skies I When but an idle boy I sought its grateful shade ;...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... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1888 - 600 páginas
...forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak Now towering to the skies ! When but an idle boy, I sought its grateful shade;...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.... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 páginas
...forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak Now towering to the skies! When but an idle boy, I sought its grateful shade;...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.... | |
 | Ohio. State Forestry Bureau - 1888 - 164 páginas
...forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; O, spare that aged oak, Now towering to the skies ! When but an idle boy I sought its grateful shade ;...gushing joy, Here, too, my sisters played. My mother kissed me here ; My father pressed my hand— Forgive the foolish tear ; But let that old oak stand.... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1889 - 702 páginas
...forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; O, spare that aged oak, Now towering to the skies ! When but an idle boy I sought its grateful shade ;...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... | |
 | Charles Rufus Skinner - 1890 - 528 páginas
...forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties; O, spare that aged oak, Now towering to the skies ! When but an idle boy I sought its grateful shade ;...gushing joy, Here, too, my sisters played. My mother kissed me here ; My father pressed my hand — Forgive the foolish tear; But let that old oak stand.... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 páginas
...forbear thy stroke ! Cut not its earth-bound ties ; O, spare that aged oak, Now towering to the skies ! When but an idle boy I sought its grateful shade ;...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... | |
 | Wisconsin State Horticultural Society - 1890 - 272 páginas
...not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak, Now towering to the skies! i When but an idle toy 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 that foolish tear But let that old oak stand.... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1891 - 540 páginas
...forbear thy stroke! Cut not its earth-bound ties; Oh, spare that aged oak, Now towering to the skies. When but an idle boy I sought its grateful shade;...gushing joy Here, too, my sisters played. My mother kissed me here, My father pressed my hand: Forgive this foolish tear, — But let the old oak stand.... | |
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