The book Old Faces Old Places And Old Stories of Stirling was written by author William Drysdale Here you can read free online of Old Faces Old Places And Old Stories of Stirling book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Old Faces Old Places And Old Stories of Stirling a good or bad book?
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In 1816 the trees on both sides of Melville Terrace, at that time Melville Place, were disposed of by the Town Council to a carpenter, and were saved from the hatchet only through the public-spirited interposition of the late Mr Murray, of Pol- maise. The following verses were at the period composed by a lady resident in the Terrace. They are entitled — The Humble Petition or the Old Trees of Melville Place to the Magistrates and Town' Council of Stirling, the Trustees of the Roads, &c. 1816. T...he eyes are dim, the heads are low, The hands are cold that brought us here ; Prescriptive right we soon might show, For we have stood the hundredth year. Another hundred let us stand, The beauty of your town we'll be. Consent not that, with murd'rous hand, The axe be laid unto the tree. O ye, who in your hands have now Power to condemn, and power to save, Need ye be told how oft to you In early life we pleasure gave? Soon as ye were released from school How oft, in troops, our shades below, Have belted button to a bool, To climb our very highest bough !
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