 | Mary Grace Fickett - Trees in literature - 1902 - 208 pages
...green and glassy leaves adorn; Nor murmuring tribes from me derive Th' ambrosial amber of the hive; Yet leave this barren spot to me: Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree! Thrice twenty summers I have seen The sky grow bright, the forest green; And many a wintry wind have... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...ask her name. Drink ye to Her. To live in hearts we leave behind Is not to die. ffalloved Ground. Oh leave this barren spot to me ! Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree ! * The. Beech-Tree'i Petition. HENRY CLAY. 1777-1852. The gentleman [Josiah Quincy] cannot have forgotten... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1908 - 476 pages
...the gentle Tweed, And the green silent pastures, yet remain. W. Wordsworth THE BEECH TREE'S PETITION O leave this barren spot to me! • Spare, woodman,...beechen tree! Though bush or floweret never grow My dark un warming shade below; 5 Nor summer bud perfume the dew Of rosy blush, or yellow hue; Nor fruits of... | |
 | English poetry - 1908 - 464 pages
...and glossy leaves adorn; Nor murmuring tribes from me derive 10 Th' ambrosial amber of the hive; Yet leave this barren spot to me: Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree! Thrice twenty summers I have seen The sky grow bright, the forest green; And many a wintry wind have... | |
 | Samuel Swayze Seward - American poetry - 1909 - 538 pages
...Less oft is peace in Shelley's mind Than calm in waters seen ! PV Shelley. THE BEECH TREE'S PETITION O LEAVE this barren spot to me ! Spare, woodman, spare...beechen tree! Though bush or floweret never grow My dark unwarmmg shade below; Nor summer bud perfume the dew Of rosy blush, or yellow hue; Nor fruits of autumn,... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - Arbor Day - 1909 - 400 pages
...green and glossy leaves adorn; Nor murmuring tribes from me derive Th' ambrosial amber of the hive; Yet leave this barren spot to me: Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree! Thrice twenty summers I have seen The sky grow bright, the forest green; And many a wintry wind have... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - Arbor Day - 1909 - 400 pages
...green and glossy leaves adorn; Nor murmuring tribes from me derive Th' ambrosial amber of the hive; Yet leave this barren spot to me: Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree! Thrice twenty summers I have seen The sky grow bright, the forest green; And many a wintry wind have... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 1334 pages
...green and glossy leaves adorn ; Xor murmuring tribes from me derive TV ambrosial amber of the hive; Yet leave this barren spot to me : Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree I Thrice twenty summers I have seen The sky grow bright, the forest green; And many a wintry wind have... | |
 | Kentucky. Dept. of Education - Arbor Day - 1910 - 140 pages
...their lives ! will the woodcutter hear ! 2. RECITATIONS— INDIVIDUAL. THE BEECH. First pupil — Oh, leave this barren spot to me ! Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree ! Thrice twenty summers I have seen They sky grow bright, the forest green; And many a wintry wind... | |
 | American poetry - 1915 - 416 pages
...green and glossy leaves adorn; Nor murmuring tribes from me derive Th' ambrosial amber of the hive; Yet leave this barren spot to me : Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree! Thrice twenty summers I have seen The sky grow bright, the forest green; And many a wintry wind have... | |
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Though bush or floweret never grow My dark unwarming shade below; Nor summer bud perfume the dew Of rosy blush, or yellow hue; Nor fruits of autumn, blossom-born, My green and glossy leaves adorn; Nor murmuring tribes from me derive Th' ambrosial amber... 
