 Into the rift of a cottonwood tree; And the buzzard sails on, And comes and is gone, Stately and still, like a ship at sea. And I wonder why I do not care For the things that are, like the things that were. Does half my heart lie buried there j In Texas,...  Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp - Page 261919 - 189 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - English literature - 1882 - 780 pages
...trots here and there, And the black snake glides and glitters and slides Into a rift in a cotton- wood tree ; And the buzzard sails on, And comes and is gone, Stately and still, hke a ship at sea ; And I wonder why I do not care For things that are like the things that were. Does... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1885 - 988 pages
...here and there, And the black snake glides, and glitUtra, and slid** Into the rifl in a cotton- wood tree; And the buzzard sails on, And comes and is gone,...and still like a ship at sea; And I wonder why I do nut care For the things that are like the things that were, Does half my heart lie buried there In... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1885 - 974 pages
...coyote trots here and there, And the black snake glides, and glitters, and slides Into the rift in a cotton-wood tree; And the buzzard sails on, And...is gone, Stately and still like a ship at sea; And 1 wonder why I do not cure Fur the things that are like the things that wore. L»oes half my heart... | |
 | S. S. Hamill - Elocution - 1886 - 390 pages
...sly coyote trots here and there, And the black snake glides and glitters and slides Into the rift in a cotton-wood tree; And the buzzard sails on, And comes and is gone, Stately and still as a ship at sea; And I wonder why I do not care For the things that are like the things that were.... | |
 | S. S. Hamill - Elocution - 1886 - 426 pages
...there, And the black snake glides aud glitters and slides Into the rift in a cotton-wood tree; Aud the buzzard sails on, And comes and is gone. Stately and still aa a ship at sea; And I wonder why I do not care For the things that are like the things that were.... | |
 | Recitations - 1889 - 236 pages
...sly coyote^ trots here and there, And the black snake glides and glitters and slides Into a rift in a cotton-wood tree ; And the buzzard sails on, And...and still like a ship at sea ; And I wonder why I do nut care , For the things that are like the things that were. Does half my heart lie buried there In... | |
 | William T. Ross - Elocution - 1890 - 400 pages
...coyote trots here and there, And the black snake glides, and glitters, and slides Into the rift in a cotton-wood tree; And the buzzard sails on, And...things that were. Does half my heart lie buried there IGNORANCE IN OUR COUNTRY A CRIME. HORACE MANN. IN all the dungeons of the Old World, where the strong... | |
 | William T. Ross - Elocution - 1890 - 396 pages
...here and there, And the black snake glides, and glitters, and slides Into the rift in a cotton- wood tree; And the buzzard sails on, And comes and is gone,...things that were. Does half my heart lie buried there IGNORANCE IN OUR COUNTRY A CRIME. HORACE MANN. IN all the dungeons of the Old World, where the strong... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
...sly coyote trots here and there; •And the black snake glides and glitters and slides Into a rift in a cotton-wood tree; And the buzzard sails on And comes...wonder why I do not care For the things that are like things that were. Does half my heart lie buried there In Texas, down bv the Rio Grande? HANNAH JANE.... | |
 | Marion Harland - Historic buildings - 1897 - 544 pages
...The bed of the winding road is sometimes of red, sometimes of white clay. Overhead and far away — " the buzzard sails on And comes and is gone, Stately and still, like a ship at sea." The spell of pensive silence is over the whole country. We pass few houses, and meet but one vehicle... | |
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