 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1895 - 674 páginas
...is life itself. Kven his " Last Leaf "is not primarily pathetic but humorous, yet the stanza, " The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed...hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb," brings a lump into the throat and a dimming of the eyes, no matter how often one repeat the lines.... | |
 | 1848 - 276 páginas
...meets So forlorn, And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if he said, ' They are gone.' The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed...he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year My grandmama has said— Poor old lady—she is dead Long ago; That he had a Roman none, And his cheek... | |
 | 1866 - 674 páginas
...occurs about the middle of the poem, and is this :— ' The mossy marbles rest On the lipe that he haa pressed In their bloom. And the names he loved to...he finished this verse he said, in his emphatic way : ' Kor pure pathos, in my judgment, there is nothing finer than those six lines in the English language.'... | |
 | 1850 - 264 páginas
...meets So forlorn, And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if he said, * They are gone.' The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed...he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year My grandmama has saidPoor old lady — she is dead Long ago ; That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 páginas
...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 Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. My grandmamma has said,^ Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago, — That he had a Roman nose, And his... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 páginas
...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 Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. My grandmamma has said, — Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago, — That he had a Roman nose, And... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1851 - 320 páginas
...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 Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. My grandmamma has said, — Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago, — That he had a Roman nose, And... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 316 páginas
...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 Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. My grandmamma has said, — Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago, — That he had a Roman nose. And... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 340 páginas
...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 Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. My grandmamma has said, — Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago,— That he had a Roman nose, And his... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - 610 páginas
...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 Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. My grandmamma has eaid, — Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago, — That he had a Roman nose, And... | |
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In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. 
