 And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, " They are gone." 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.  Days with Uncle Jack - Page 142by John Walter Davis - 1914Full view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1836 - 252 pages
...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.. My grandmama has said — Poor old lady— she is dead Long ago; That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek... | |
 | Periodicals - 1836
...That it seems as if ho said, 'They are gone." ' The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prosied In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb ! 4 My grand roam a has said — Poor old lady — she is dead Long ago ; That he hada Roman none,... | |
 | 1836
...the above beautiful poem, that the same pen could trace the following, speaking of an old man — " My grandmamma has said, — Poor old lady, she is...dead, Long ago,— That he had a Roman nose, And his check was like a rose In the snow. " But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff,... | |
 | American literature - 1836
...are gone.' " The mossy marbles rest On the lips 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 lady — she is dead Long ago ; That he had a Roman nose, And his... | |
 | English literature - 1895
...handwriting and Abraham Lincoln was fond of quoting : ' 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." Since that time other works in prose and verse have poured from his pen, till his name as an essayist,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1839
...chance of show. Is the poem whence the following verses arc extracted an honest selection ? My grandmama has said — Poor old lady ; she is dead Long ago—...Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow .' I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the... | |
 | William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1839
...of show. Is the poem whence the following verьes are extracted an honest selection ? My grandmama has said — Poor old lady ; she is dead Long ago...he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose III tiit- зiWW.' I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 284 pages
...their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb. My grandmama has said — Poor old lady ; she is dead Long ago...he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 284 pages
...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. My grandmama has said — Poor old lady ; she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1840 - 284 pages
...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. My grandmama has said — Poor old lady; she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek... | |
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