 He sent for lancewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees, The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the  Poets' Wit and Humour - Seite 2521861 - 277 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 Seiten
...The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees ; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs...Settler's ellum,"— Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 Seiten
...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 couldn't sell "em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips,... | |
 | 1859 - 418 Seiten
...cross-bars were ash, from the straightcst trees ; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs of logs from tue " Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em, — Never an axe had seen... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1862 - 368 Seiten
...The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees ; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs...Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they could n't sell 'em, Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 Seiten
...The crossbars were ash from the straightest trees; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs...Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em; Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips,... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 Seiten
...sills ; He sent for lancewood to make the thills ; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees ; But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs...the "settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, they could n't sell 'em; Never an ax had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips,... | |
 | 1867 - 530 Seiten
...The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees ; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs...Settler's ellum,' — Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em, — Never an axe had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips,... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 Seiten
...ash, from the straightest trees ; 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 of its timber, they could n't sell 'em; Never an ax had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips,... | |
 | John Swett - 1867 - 252 Seiten
...The crossbars were ash, from the straiglitest trees; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs...''Settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, — they couldn't sell 'em, Never an ax had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips, Their... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - 1868 - 510 Seiten
...sills ; He sent for lancewood to make the thills ; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees ; But lasts like iron for things like these ; The hubs...the "settler's ellum," — Last of its timber, they could n't sell 'em; Never an ax had seen their chips, And the wedges flew from between their lips,... | |
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