 | Charles Francis Richardson - 1893 - 1028 páginas
...word-painter would make a highly significant impression : I saw him once before, As he passed by the door. And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er...With his cane. 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 his round Through the... | |
 | John Reinder Pelsma - 1918 - 516 páginas
...stanzas; a smile of compassion, but not of ridicule. 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. II They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of time Cut him down, Not a better man was found... | |
 | 1919 - 966 páginas
...England Magazine, Oct., (1831) 1831. THE LAST LEAF I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And rest : Of — the something you said at the gate. Ah, Joe. then I wasn't an heiress ss To I0 By the Crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And looks at all he meets... | |
 | Edwin Bradley Richards - 1919 - 170 páginas
...was often seen on the streets in Holmes' s day. I SAW him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er...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 Through the... | |
 | 1894 - 474 páginas
...written by Dr. Holmes many years ago. THE LAST LEAF. I saw him once before, As he passed by the door; And again The pavement stones resound As he totters o'er...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 hie round Through... | |
 | Charles Henry Woolbert - 1920 - 412 páginas
...its moaning. THE LAST LEAF1 OUVER WENDELL HOLMES 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. 1 By permission of, and by special arrangement with Houghton Mifllin Company, the authorized publishers.... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1921 - 450 páginas
...gale ! (1830) THE LAST LEAF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES 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 hjs prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found 10 By the crier on... | |
 | Raymond Melbourne Weaver - 1921 - 448 páginas
...foliage all around it." And so the Autocrat wrote : "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. OEXEHAI. PETES GAJfSEVOOHT MELVILLE'S GRANDFATHERS MAJOR THOMAK HEI.TII.LE They say that in his prime,... | |
 | Jay Broadus Hubbell, John Owen Beaty - 1922 - 560 páginas
...before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound As he totters o'er the ground They say that in his prime Ere the pruning-knife of...Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They... | |
 | 1922 - 392 páginas
...gentleman. ALBERT GORTON GKEENE THE LAST LEAF I SAW him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er...ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, E'er the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through... | |
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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... 
