 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1879 - 254 Seiten
...lady, she is dead Long ago,— 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...in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. 1 1 know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1880 - 474 Seiten
...poet of passion and pathos, although his forte is the grotesque: witness the following extracts : — But now his nose is thin, and it rests upon his chin...in his back, and a melancholy crack In his laugh. For I know it is a sin for me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, and the... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 Seiten
...she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. 30 6. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin...And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack 35 In his laugh. 7. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 Seiten
...lady ! she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his i-heek was like a rose In the snow. 0 Irnck. Anil n melancholy crack In his laugh. 1 know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here,... | |
 | New Jersey Historical Society - 1881 - 476 Seiten
...excuse ourselves as Oliver Wendell Holmes did after jeering at the grandfather of his young days: " I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin. At him...hat And the breeches and all that. Are so queer." This sacred and inviolable constitution seems to our modern eyes so queer, and was, indeed, so absurd... | |
 | Connecticut Valley Historical Society - 1881 - 356 Seiten
...representatives of this old-time dress, called forth the well-known verse of Dr. Holmes: " I know it ia a Bin, for me to sit and grin At him here ; ' But the old...three-cornered hat, and the breeches and all that, A re so queer! " The women wore close, short-waisted dresses of " silk, calico, muslin and gingham,"... | |
 | 1881 - 592 Seiten
...And it rests upon her chin Like a staff. And a crook is in her back, And a melancholy crack In her laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At her here ; But the old Irt-mlond mat, An.] the dretset, and all that Are so queer! " As I walked back... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 Seiten
...lady ! she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. altars throng'd with prostrate kings, And heap'd with pro я staff; And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin... | |
 | William Swinton - 1882 - 686 Seiten
...lady she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. 6. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin...in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. 7. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1108 Seiten
...through the grass their tessellated shields.' Commonly, as in Hood, humor jostles pathos. Thus: 4 1 know it is a sin For me to sit and grin . At him here:...the breeches, and all that, Are so queer: ' ' And near it, this perfect pearl: 'The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed In their bloom;... | |
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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,... 
