 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...  Golden Leaves from the American Poets1864 - 532 页阅读内容摘录 - 图书信息
 | Joseph Allan Frank, George A. Reaves - 2003 - 236 页
...with a state's name. Next to it was a poem titled Tree of Liberty with these stirring lines: Traitor, spare that tree Touch not a single bough In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. (Vieira, Papers) Some Union recruits saw the conflict as a fight for freedom and democracy. "I was... | |
 | Patrick Flaherty - 2003 - 104 页
...Bates was an American writer and poet, perhaps best know for her poem America the Beautiful. Woodman spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And V II protect it now. — George Pope Morris 1802-1864 George Pope Morris was a poet, renowned for his... | |
 | Don Donaldson - 2004 - 360 页
...mind flashed words memorized decades earlier, when this tree and I were almost inseparable: Woodsman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. But, alas, I could do nothing. Even as the school's principal, I could not protect "my tree." All I... | |
 | Terence Young - 2004 - 294 页
...to the 1830 poem of the same name by George Pope Morris. The first stanza of the poem is: Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. These two newspapers had the same owner and management, so the prevalence of the attitude they held... | |
 | A.K.Pillai - 2006 - 212 页
...trees is of prime importance. How aptly George P. Morries says in Woodman, Spare That Tree: Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now. Some of the rare species of animals have also been lost. The major schemes in the wildlife sector concentrate... | |
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