 | 1850 - 264 páginas
...his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn, And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if...he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year My grandmama has saidPoor old lady — she is dead Long ago ; That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 páginas
...pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all...gone." 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.... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1850 - 310 páginas
...pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all...gone." 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.... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1851 - 320 páginas
...pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all...gone." 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.... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 316 páginas
...pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all...gone." 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.... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1852 - 340 páginas
...pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all...gone." 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.... | |
 | John Ross Dix - 1852 - 196 páginas
...knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better could be found By the crier in his round Through the town. " But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all...head, That it seems as if he said, ' They are gone.' ****** -" Now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin, Like a staff; And a crook is in his back,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1853 - 610 páginas
...shrivelled weakness of the decrepit man with the well-vouched tradition of his past comeliness and vigor : But now he walks the streets And he looks at all he...gone." 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.... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 páginas
...knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better-man was found By the Crier on his round, Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all...gone." 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.... | |
 | 1853 - 538 páginas
...shrivelled weakness of the decrepit man with the wellvouched tradition of his past comeliness and vigour : But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all...head, That it seems as if he said, " They are gone." * Pittsfleld Cemetery. f An Evening Thought. t Departed Days. Sept. — VOL. XCLX. wo. cccxcui. G The... | |
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Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They... 
