 I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones 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 the crier on his...  The Little Book of American Poets, 1787-1900 - Página 56editado por - 1915 - 306 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 páginas
...town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn ; And he shakes his feeHo head, 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 been carved for many a year On the tomb.... | |
 | 1896 - 414 páginas
...done before, upon such occasions, with modest grace and gentle humor: "But now he walks streets And looks at all he meets Sad and wan ; And he shakes...gone.' The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed ' In their bloom ; And the names he loved to hear i" Have been carried for many a year, On... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 páginas
...ho totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of timo Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier...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... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1878 - 708 páginas
...-Jj|f W i^r, •j6-.ti:ir-a;,-l: •»••!• ound They say that in his prime, Ere the priming-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on Inn round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan,... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1879 - 298 páginas
...HL * [Are strong.] 'See p. 221, 7. "See p. 150. They say that in his prime, Ere1 the pruning-knife of time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the town.— Holmes. And darkness and doubt are now flying away; No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn. So breaks... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1879 - 254 páginas
...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 the Crier on his round Thro' the town. ' But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes... | |
 | Frederick Locker-Lampson - 1879 - 254 páginas
...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 the Crier on his round Thro' the town. ' But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 páginas
...he totters o'er the ground With his сдпе. They sny that in his prime, Ere the priming-knife ot e owl, for a` "2 to\vn. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn ; And he shakes his feeble... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 páginas
...resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. 2. 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 his round 3. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan; is And he shakes his feeble... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 páginas
...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...gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has press'd In their bloom ; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.... | |
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