 | C. P. Bronson - 1873 - 348 Seiten
...— long ago) — That he had a Roman nose, — and his cheek — was like a rose — in th' snow. But now — his nose is thin, — and it rests —...melancholy crack — in his laugh. I know — it is a tin — for me — t' sit — and grin at him — here; Yet the old — <Ar«e-cornered hat, — and... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 Seiten
...— Poor old lady ! she is dead That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. lliam Cullen Like-a staff ; And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 Seiten
...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...hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer ! Ibid. Thou say'st an undisputed thing In such a solemn way. To an Insect. Thine eye was on the censer,... | |
 | 1874 - 76 Seiten
...manifest, and the most conservative of us all could not but feel as Holmes felt about the " Last Leaf." " I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here. But the old three-cornered hat, The breeches and all that Are so queer." THE PHANTOM SHIP. Strolling one day down by the old Pavilion... | |
 | 1875 - 432 Seiten
...! she is dead Long ago — 76 That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin...sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old threc-corncrcd hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer ! And if I should live to be The last... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 Seiten
...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...hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer 1 ibid. Thou say'st an undisputed thing In such a solemn way. To an Insect. Where go the poet's lines... | |
 | American Dental Association - 1875 - 882 Seiten
...whole system. We seldom see an old man, now-a-days. of the olden times — " One whose nose is thin And rests upon his chin Like a staff ; And a crook is in his back And a melancholy crack In his laugh ! "— with sunken cheeks and feeble and inarticulate voice. Our art has made them an almost extinct... | |
 | 1877 - 606 Seiten
...others become so effete, and relapse into such dotage or feebleness, as to recall Holmes' lines : ' But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin...in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh.' Juvenal declares, ' Old age is replete with many and great evils.' In some cases ' Old men are twice... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 Seiten
...lady ! she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And Lie 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 hack, And a melancholy crack In hie laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here. But... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1878 - 978 Seiten
...recently, when three or four New York drummers happened to be in the hotel parlor " T know it is a pin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are Bo queer." — HOLMES. as a package of Bibles was received from the New York society for distribution... | |
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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. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that,... 
