| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 Seiten
...! she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. And now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a start, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to... | |
| 1848 - 276 Seiten
...many a year My grandmama has said— Poor old lady—she is dead Long ago; That he had a Roman none, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But now...upon his chin Like a staff', And a crook is in his hack, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here, But... | |
| 1848 - 742 Seiten
...personification of that beautifully descriptive poem of HOLMES, ' The Last Leaf:' ' Bur now hie nose ia thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff; And...in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh.' ' Oh, Epictetus !' I exclaimed to myself, ' can Time gnaw and corrode like this V The old man tottered... | |
| 430 Seiten
...ng-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the town. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin...in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. But now he walks the streets, I know it is a sin And he looks at all he meets For me to sit and grin... | |
| 1850 - 594 Seiten
...tomb. • My grandmamma has said, Poor old lady she is dead Long ago. That he had a Roman Done, And hia cheek was like a rose In the snow. ' But now his nose is thin And it rests upon his chin Like a staff. A nd a crook in hia back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. 'I know it Is a sin For me to sit and... | |
| 1850 - 600 Seiten
...ац'о, Thai he hii'la Roman nose, And his cheek was like arose lu the snow. 4 Rut now his nose U thin And it rests upon his chin Like a staff. And a crook in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. ' I know it is a sin For me to sit und griu At him... | |
| 1855 - 724 Seiten
...tomb. My grandmamma has said, — Poor old lady, .-in- is dead Long a so, — That he had a llonuni nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But...a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In hie laugh. I know it ifl a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat.... | |
| 1851 - 486 Seiten
...many a yeat On the tomb. " My grandmamma has said. Poor old lady she is dead Long ago, That he had n Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow....it rests upon his chin, Like a staff. And a crook iu his back, And a melancholy crack In his liragh. " I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him... | |
| John Ross Dix - 1852 - 196 Seiten
...Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, ' They are gone.' ****** -" Now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin,...in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh." In short, on a fine bathing day, during the season, no more complete epitome of society could be found... | |
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