...knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better could be found By the crier in his round Through the town. " But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all...head, That it seems as if he said, ' They are gone.' ****** -" Now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin, Like a staff; And a crook is in his back,...

...downDay breaks — and where are we ?£ An interfusion of this pathetic vein with quaint humour is one of Dr. Holmes's most notable " qualities :" as...An Evening Thought. t Departed Days. Sept. — VOL. XCIX. HO. CCCZCIII. G The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the...

...shrivelled weakness of the decrepit man with the well-vouched tradition of his past comeliness and vigor : But now he walks the streets And he looks at all he...head, That it seems as if he said, " They are gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear...

...knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better-man was found By the Crier on his round, Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all...head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear...

...wellvouched tradition of his past comeliness and vigour: But now he walks the streets, And he look's at all he meets Sad and wan ; And he shakes his feeble...head, That it seems as if he said, " They are gone." * Pittafield Cemetery. t An Evening Thought Î Departed Days. The mossy marbles rest On the lips th.-ii....

...pruning-knife of time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets And he looks at all he meets So forlorn, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, " They are gone." The mossy...

...smiles. Who does not feel the power of this simple picture of the old man in the last-mentioned poem ? " But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all...head, That it seems as if he said, ' They are gone.' The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed In their bloom ; And the names he loved to hear...

...was found By the crier on his round Through the town. " But now he walks the streets, And he looks on all he meets Sad and wan ; And he shakes his feeble...head, That it seems as if he said, They are gone. " The mossy marbles rat On the lips that he hasprest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear...

...knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found Ity the crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meeU Sod and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said " They are gone." The...

...Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at «11 he meet* Sad and wan, And he shake* his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, " They are pone." The mo-sy mnrble« rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom. And the names he loved...