 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
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 páginas
...Note the fine effect of the alliteration, s like a rose, etc. What figure ? OLIVE n WENDELL HOLMES. And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. 6. -"THE BOYS." [This brilliantly sparkling poem commemorates a festal meeting of the Harvard class... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 páginas
...a staff; ' the crier: that is, the towncrier of olden times. 2 The mossy marbles .. . tomb. 522 523 And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. 6. -"THE BOYS." [This brilliantly sparkling poem commemorates a festal meeting of the Harvard class... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1886 - 752 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. OLD IRONSIDES. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1886 - 746 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 OLD IRONSIDES. Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced... | |
 | 1886 - 552 páginas
...snow. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff; And a crook is in his hack, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. THE NOBLE NATURE. fT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1887 - 476 páginas
...old three-cornered hat, • And the breeches, and all that, Are BO queer ! THE ENGLISH TONGUE. 411 And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. LXXVIII.— THE ENGLISH TONGUE. JG SAXK. IN ancient times, I've heard my grandam tell, Young maids... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 páginas
...grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer ! 8. And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the...them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough XXXV. ALFRED TENNYSON. 1 8 10. CHARACTERIZATION BY BAYARD TAYLOR. i. No English poet, with the possible... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1887 - 596 páginas
...nose, And his check 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. THE CAMBRIDGE CHURCHYARD. OUR ancient church ! its lowly tower, Beneath the loftier spire, Is shadowed... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 páginas
...found By the crier on his round Through the town. 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 WENDELL HOLMKS, THE PAUPER'S DEATH-BED. 'READ softly, bow the head, In reverent silence bow... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1887 - 410 páginas
...lady, she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. THE CAMBRIDGE CHURCHYARD. OUR ancient church ! its lowly tower, Beneath the loftier spire, Is shadowed... | |
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