Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the... The New Monthly Magazine - Página 781853Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1861 - 144 páginas
...and all that, Are so queer 1 And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring1, Let them smile as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. fHir.-r Wendell Jfolma. V A MOTHER'S KISS. ** A mother's lore — how awcet the namal "What in & mother's... | |
| James Fleming - 1863 - 404 páginas
...In his laugh. I know it is a sin For to me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer...I do now At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. LABOUR. LABOUR is rest — from the sorrows that greet us ; Best from all petty... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1864 - 444 páginas
...thin, And it rests upon his chin Iake a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In Ws laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. TO A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER. AN-VISAGED thing ! thy virgin leaf To me looks more than deadly pale, Unknowing... | |
| James Fleming - 1866 - 382 páginas
...For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches, and all that, And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the...I do now At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. LABOUR. LABOUR is rest — from the sorrows that greet us ; Best from all petty... | |
| Elizabeth A. Thurston - 1866 - 320 páginas
...For me to sit and grin At him here; But the old three-cornered hat. And the breeches, and all that, And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. OW Holmes. SONG. AH ! for the days when I was young ! ^ When I thought that I should ne'er be old,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 páginas
...grin At him here ; But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer ! 8. And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES SECTION IV. I. 14.- WISH FOR NO MAN'S MONEY. health, and strength, and freshness,... | |
| Asahel Clark Kendrick - 1871 - 484 páginas
...nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff. And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. OLIVER W. HOLMES. What the End shall be. WHEN another life is added To the heaving, turbid mass; When... | |
| Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1871 - 236 páginas
...nose. And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy...them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough WILLIS GAYLORD CLARK. 1810-1841. (Manual, pp. 503, 523.) 297. "AN INVITATION" TO EARLY PIETY. COME,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 páginas
...In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and gnn At him here, But the old three-coniered bat, ORN WEDDING-RING. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. THE APPROACH OF AGE. FROM "TALES or THÏ HALL." Six years had passed, and forty... | |
| 1872 - 660 páginas
...rose In the snow. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff; And a crook is iu his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know...do now, At the old forsaken bough . Where I cling. EXTRACT FROM: THE AUTOCRAT OF. THE BREAKFAST-TABLE. I WAS just going to say, when I was interrupted,... | |
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