| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 páginas
...village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent...cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from the " Settler's ellum,"— Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em,... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 páginas
...sills ; He sent for lanoewood to make the thills ; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest tree* The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese. But lasts like iron fur things like these ; The hubs of logs from the " Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they... | |
| 1859 - 418 páginas
...village folks Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent...make the thills ; The cross-bars were ash, from the straightcst trees ; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1861 - 446 páginas
...village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split, nor bent, nor broke — That was for spokes, and floor, and sills ; He sent...cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs from logs from the " Settler's Ellnm"— Last of its timber — they couldn't sell 'em —... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 368 páginas
...village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent...cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from the " Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they could n't sell 'em,... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 páginas
...village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't be split, nor bent, nor broke, — That was for spokes, and floor, and sills ; He sent...cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from the " Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em;... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1864 - 450 páginas
...village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split, nor bent, nor broke— That was for spokes, and floor, and sills; He sent...cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs from logs from the " Settler's Ellum"— Last of its timber—they couldn't sell 'em—... | |
| James Madison Watson - 1864 - 434 páginas
...village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't be split, nor bent, nor broke — That was for spokes, and floor, and sills ; He sent...cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs from logs from the " Settler's ellura" — Last of its timber — they could n't sell 'em... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 páginas
...village folk Where he could find the strongest oak. That could n't be split nor bent nor broke,— • That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent...; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, Bat lasts like irou for things like these ; The hubs of logs from the "settler's ellum," — ' Last... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 páginas
...village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That could n't be split nor bent nor broke, — That was for spokes and floor and sills ; He sent...The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees ; But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from the "settler's ellum," — Last... | |
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