Lydia Sigourney Home Poems Poets Lydia Sigourney Poems The Charter-Oak by Lydia Sigourney Charter Oak, Charter Oak Tell us a tale, Fall of the Charter Oak by Lydia Sigourney Woe,—for the mighty Tree! The monarch of the plain,— Love Not The World by Lydia Sigourney To gain the friendship of the world, How vain the ceaseless strife; The Sea-Boy by Lydia Sigourney "Up the main-top-mast, ho!" The storm was loud, Fall of the Charter Oak by Lydia Sigourney Woe,—for the mighty Tree! The monarch of the plain,— First Winter Morning by Lydia Sigourney Awake, and let the tuneful lay, With joy to Heaven's high palace rise,