...respect worthy of the occasion, for • They ear that in his prime, Его the praning-knife of time Cat him down, Not a better man was found By the crier, on his round Through the town.7' JAMES H. HOTCHKIN. JAMES H. HOTCHKIN died at Plattsburg, NewYork, on the 21st September, at...

...resound. As he totters o'er the ground With his cune. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on hie round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan,...

...his prime, Ere the pruning 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...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,...

...resound As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime Ere the pruning-knife of time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By...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 said, " They are gone." The mossy...

...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. XCIX. HO. CCCZCIII. G...

...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...

...wellvouched tradition of his past comeliness and vigour: But now he walks the streets, And he look's at all he meets Sad and wan ; And he shakes his feeble...head, That it seems as if he said, " They are gone." * Pittafield Cemetery. t An Evening Thought Î Departed Days. The mossy marbles rest On the lips th.-ii....

...smiles. Who does not feel the power of this simple picture of the old man in the last-mentioned poem ? " But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all...gone.' 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."...

...resound As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. " They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By...town. " But now he walks the streets, And he looks on all he meets Sad and wan ; And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, They are...

...They suy that in his prime, Kre the pruning knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found Ity the crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meeU Sod and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said " They are gone." The...