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
| 1848 - 276 páginas
...resound As he totters o'er the ground With his , 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... | |
| 430 páginas
...cheek was like a rose With his cane. In the snow Tlu-y say that in his prime, Ere the lmmi ng-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the town. 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... | |
| 1850 - 264 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...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... | |
| 1850 - 600 páginas
...o'er the ground With hia cane. 1 They say Ihnt in his prime, Ere the pursuing knife of Time Cut linn down. Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the town. 1 But now he walks the streets And he looks on all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head,... | |
| 1850 - 594 páginas
...resound As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. ' They say that in his prime, Ere the pursuing knife of Time Cut him down. Not a better man was found By the crier on hla round Through the town. ' But now he walks the streets, And ho looks on idl he meets Bnd and wan,... | |
| 1851 - 486 páginas
...totters o'er the ground With his cane. " They say that in his prime, Ere the pursuing knife of Timo Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the towii. "But now he walks the streets, And he looks on all he meets, Sad nnd wan. And he shakes his... | |
| 1851 - 1304 páginas
...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... | |
| 1855 - 724 páginas
...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,... | |
| John Ross Dix - 1852 - 196 páginas
...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,... | |
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