Cleave the tough greensward with the spade; Wide let its hollow bed be made; There gently lay the roots, and there Sift the dark mould with kindly care, And press it o'er them tenderly, As round the sleeping infant's feet We softly fold the cradle sheet... Home Ballads - Page 71865 - 96 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Cheiter. THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE'TREE. Come, let us plant the apple-tree 1 Cleave the tough green sward with the spade ; Wide let its hollow bed be made ;...with kindly care, And press it o'er them tenderly, Ai, round the sleeping infant's feet, We loftly fold the cradle-sheet : So plant we the apple-tree.... | |
| 1868 - 738 pages
...Cheiter. THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE-TREE. Come, let ns plant the apple-tree 1 Cleave the tough green sward with the spade ; Wide let its hollow bed be made ;...with kindly care, And press it o'er them tenderly, Ai, round the sleeping infant's feet, We softly fold the cradle-sheet : So plant we the apple-tree.... | |
| Missouri. State Board of Agriculture - 1857 - 680 pages
...the epade, Wide let its hollow bed be made, Then gently lay the roots, and then Lift the dark mold with kindly care, And press it o'er them tenderly, As round the sleepy infant's feet We safely fold the cradle gheet; So plant we the apple tree. What plant we in... | |
| A.A. Griffith - 1865 - 260 pages
...dark." — ZR IX. THE PLANTING- OF THE APPLE-TREE. BY WC BRYANT. Gome, let us plant the apple-tree ! Cleave the tough greensward with the spade ; Wide...cradle-sheet : So plant we the apple-tree. What plant we in the apple-tree ? Buds, which the breath of summer days Shall lengthen into leafy sprays ; Boughs, where... | |
| Penny readings - 1866 - 256 pages
...brim, Thinking of him. THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE-TBEE. WC BRYANT. COME, let us plant the apple-tree ! Cleave the tough greensward with the spade ; Wide...cradle-sheet, So plant we the apple-tree. What plant we in the apple-tree ? Buds, which the breath of summer days Shall lengthen into leafy sprays ; Boughs, where... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 372 pages
...XV.— THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE-TREE. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. ' 1. Come, let us plant the apple-tree ! Cleave the tough greensward with the spade ; Wide...There gently lay the roots, and there Sift the dark mold with kindly care, And press it o'er them tenderly, As round the sleeping infant's feet .We softly... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...XV.—THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE-TREE. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. 1. Come, let us plant the apple-tree ! Cleave the tough greensward with the spade; Wide let...There gently lay the roots, and there Sift the dark mold with kindly care, And press it o'er them tenderly, As round the sleeping infant's feet, We softly... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 374 pages
...spade ; Wide let its hollow bed be made ; There gently lay the roots, and there Sift the dark mold with kindly care, And press it o'er them tenderly,...sleeping infant's feet We softly fold the cradle-sheet : . v, So plant we the apple-tree. 2. What plant we in the apple-tree ? Buds, which the breath of summer... | |
| Missouri. State Board of Agriculture - 1867 - 678 pages
...planting apple trees in the sod) : THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE TREE. Come, let us plant the apple tree. Cleave the tough greensward with the spade, Wide let its hollow bed be made, Then gently lay the roots, and then Lift the dark mold with kindly care, And press it o'er them tenderly,... | |
| Massachusetts - 1868 - 1260 pages
...our trees, is well answered by that poet of nature, Bryant : — " Come, let us plant the apple-tree. Cleave the tough greensward with the spade ; Wide...round the sleeping infant's feet We softly fold the cradle sheet : So plant we the apple-tree." Transplanting is trying to the constitution of trees, however... | |
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