 | Park Benjamin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Osborne Sargent - 1833 - 114 sider
...By the Crier on his round But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn As he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if he said,...hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. My grandmamma has said — Poor old lady — she is dead Long ago; That he had a Roman nose, And his... | |
 | 1836 - 268 sider
...his round Through the town. \ But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn, And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if...hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.. My grandmama has said — Poor old lady— she is dead Long ago; That he had a Roman nose, And his... | |
 | 1836 - 694 sider
...his round Through the town. " But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn, And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if...that he has pressed In their bloom, And the names lie loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. "My grand mama has said — Poor old... | |
 | 1839 - 204 sider
...pruning-knife of Tune Cut him down, Not a better man was found, By the Crier on his round Through the town. " But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all...' " The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom ; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 302 sider
...his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn; And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if...hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. My grandmama has said — Poor old lady ; she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his... | |
 | John Keese - 1840 - 304 sider
...his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn ; And he shakes his feeble head That it seems as if...hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. My grandmama has said — Poor old lady ; she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his... | |
 | 1841 - 376 sider
...his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets So forlorn ; And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if...hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. My grandmamma has said — Poor old lady ; she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his... | |
 | 1848 - 276 sider
...his round Through the town. But now 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 loved to hear Have been carved for many a year My grandmama has said— Poor old lady—she is dead Long ago; That he had a Roman none, And his cheek... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1895 - 674 sider
...soul is life itself. Kven his " Last Leaf "is not primarily pathetic but humorous, yet the stanza, " The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed...hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb," brings a lump into the throat and a dimming of the eyes, no matter how often one repeat the lines.... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1895 - 672 sider
...soul is life itself. Even his " Last Leaf " is not primarily pathetic but humorous, yet the stanza, " The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has pressed...hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb," brings a lump into the throat and a dimming of the eyes, no matter how often one repeat the lines.... | |
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Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They... 
