 | 1909 - 632 sider
...the wind — To tbe grave's low hill as to the Matterborn That shoulders out the sky. Sprang from tbe West, The Great West nursed him on her rugged knees....The strength of virgin forests braced his mind; The bush of spacious prairies stilled his soul. Dp from log cabin to tbe Capitol, One nre was on bis spirit,... | |
 | Daniel Carter Beard - 1909 - 370 sider
...the readers. Daniel Boone is, as doubtless he will always remain, the American boy's chosen hero. " The great West nursed him on her rugged knees, The...mind, The hush of spacious prairies stilled his soul." He certainly deserves the place he occupies in the boy's estimation. He and Simon Kenton, Kit Carson,... | |
 | Robert Haven Schauffler - 1909 - 414 sider
...the ground, The Great West nursed him on her rugged knees. Hef rigors keyed the sinews of his will; The strength of virgin forests braced his mind ; The hush of spacious prairies stilled his soul. The tools were his first teachers, kindly stern. The plow, the flail, the maul, the echoing ax Taught... | |
 | Stephen Phillips, Galloway Kyle - 1927 - 492 sider
...Matterhorn That shoulders out the sky. Sprung from the West, He drank the valorous youth of a new world. The strength of virgin forests braced his mind, The hush of spacious prairies stilled his soul. His words were oaks in acorns ; and his thoughts Were roots that firmly gript the granite truth. Up... | |
 | California Teachers Association - 1915 - 204 sider
...— To the grave's low hill as to the Matlerhorn That shoulders out the sky. Sprung from the West, The strength of virgin forests braced his mind, The...stilled his soul. Up from log cabin to the Capitol, On fire was on his spirit, one resolve — To send the keen ax to the root of wrong, Clearing a free... | |
 | Edwin Bradley Richards - 1919 - 170 sider
...Matterhorn That shoulders out the sky. Sprung from the West, He drank the valorous youth of a new world. The strength of virgin forests braced his mind, The hush of spacious prairies stilled his soul. His words were oaks in acorns; and his thoughts Were roots that firmly gript the^granite truth. Up... | |
 | Jean Broadhurst - 1919 - 382 sider
...Matterhorn That shoulders out the sky. Sprung from the West, He drank the valorous youth of a new world. The strength of virgin forests braced his mind, The hush of spacious prairies stilled his soul. His words were oaks in acorns ; and his thoughts Were roots that firmly gript the granite truth. Up... | |
 | Amy Davis Winship - 1920 - 172 sider
...Matterhorn That shoulders out the sky. Sprung from the West, He drank the valorous youth of a new world. The strength of virgin forests braced his mind, The hush of spacious prairies stilled his soul. His words were oaks in acorns ; and his thoughts Were roots that firmly gript the granite truth. Up... | |
 | Gertrude Elizabeth Johnson - 1920 - 454 sider
...Matterhorn That shoulders out the sky. Sprung from the West, He drank the valorous youth of a new world. The strength of virgin forests braced his mind, The hush of spacious prairies stilled his soul. His words were oaks in acorns ; and his thoughts Were roots that firmly gript the granite truth. Up... | |
 | Mabel Irene Rich - 1921 - 582 sider
...Matterhorn That shoulders out the sky. Sprung from the West, 3° He drank the valorous youth of a new world. The strength of virgin forests braced his mind, The hush of spacious prairies stilled his soul. His words were oaka in acorns; and his thoughts Were roots that firmly gripped the granite truth. 3S... | |
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Up from log cabin to the Capitol, One fire was on his spirit, one resolve — To send the keen ax to the root of wrong... 
