Coming generations would know their forefathers had been a good and wise folk and they would remember them with reverence and gratitude.
WOODMAN, SPARE THAT TREE
Woodman, spare that tree!
Touch not a single bough!
In youth it sheltered me,
And I'll protect it now.
'Twas my forefather's hand
That placed it near his cot;
There, woodman, let it stand——
Thy axe shall harm it not!