 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1867 - 524 Seiten
...inexpressibly touching." Ho then repeated, — " The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed In their bloom ; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb." He then added, "For pure pathos, in my judgment, there is nothing finer than these six lines in the... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 Seiten
...the last reader reads no more. The Last Reader. 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. The Last Leaf. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat,... | |
 | William Cunningham Gray - 1868 - 214 Seiten
...touching ; itis this : " The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed In their bloom, Arid the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tombl" * Mr. Carpenter was employed, for a period of six months, in producing his great picture, "... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1891 - 1050 Seiten
...and used often to repeat with deep feeling : The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb; giving the marked Southwestern pronunciation of the words " hear " and " year." A poem by William Knox,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1870 - 444 Seiten
...he said, "They are gone." 4. The mossy marbles * rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom,4 And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. 6. My grandmamma has said, — Poor old lady, she is dead Long ago,— * A la mode, according to the... | |
 | 1871 - 476 Seiten
...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 Have...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 Seiten
...That it seems as if he said, " They are gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed e, When, thanks to God, your low, sweet " Yes " made...I know ; that day 's as dear to you, — That day But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff ; And a crook is in his back, And... | |
 | Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1871 - 236 Seiten
...passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. My grandmamma has said, — Poor old lady, she is...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... | |
 | Asahel Clark Kendrick - 1871 - 484 Seiten
...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 Have...carved for many a year On the tomb. My grandmamma lias said — Poor old lady ! she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1872 - 248 Seiten
...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...Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But now his nose is thin, And it resta upon his chin Like a staff; And a crook is in his back, And... | |
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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. 
