| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 páginas
...! she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. And now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a start, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to... | |
| 1848 - 276 páginas
...many a year My grandmama has said— Poor old lady—she is dead Long ago; That he had a Roman none, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But now...upon his chin Like a staff', And a crook is in his hack, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here, But... | |
| 1848 - 742 páginas
...personification of that beautifully descriptive poem of HOLMES, ' The Last Leaf:' ' Bur now hie nose ia thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff; And...in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh.' ' Oh, Epictetus !' I exclaimed to myself, ' can Time gnaw and corrode like this V The old man tottered... | |
| 430 páginas
...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...in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. But now he walks the streets, I know it is a sin And he looks at all he meets For me to sit and grin... | |
| 1850 - 594 páginas
...prest In their Moom, And the names he loved to hear Have teen carved for many a year On Ike tomb. • My grandmamma has said, Poor old lady she is dead Long ago. That he had a Roman Done, And hia cheek was like a rose In the snow. ' But now his nose is thin And it rests upon his chin... | |
| 1850 - 600 páginas
...ац'о, Thai he hii'la Roman nose, And his cheek was like arose lu the snow. 4 Rut now his nose U thin And it rests upon his chin Like a staff. And a crook in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. ' I know it is a sin For me to sit und griu At him... | |
| 1855 - 724 páginas
...tomb. My grandmamma has said, — Poor old lady, .-in- is dead Long a so, — That he had a llonuni nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But...a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In hie laugh. I know it ifl a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat.... | |
| 1851 - 486 páginas
...preet. In Ihfit- bloom, And the names he loced to luar Have been cari'eilfvr many a yeat On the tomb. " My grandmamma has said. Poor old lady she is dead Long ago, That he had n Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. " But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 páginas
...press'd In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. My grandmamma has said — Poor old lady ! she is...Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. And now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like n staff, And a crook is in his back, And... | |
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