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" Some heard he had been crossed in love, Before he came away from college — Some darkly hinted that his Grace Did nothing, great or small, without him ; Some whispered, with a solemn face, That there was something odd about him! "
The poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, with a memoir by D. Coleridge - Page 135
by Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864
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The American Farmer

John S. Skinner - 1829 - 436 pages
...Corporal A single man, but IK ni quite double; Sickness was coming on him then, Trim, by Sir Archie, 2 2 To take him from a world of trouble— » He prosed of slipping down the hill, David H. Branch's bm Polly Hopkins, by Virginian, 1 1 Hector Davis' bm Kitty Willis, by Discover'd...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...Some whispered, with a solemn face. That there was something odd about him. I found him at threescore and ten A single man, but bent quite double; Sickness was coming on him then To take him troma world of trouble. He prosed of sliding down the hill, Discovered he grew older daily; One frosty...
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The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 296 pages
...Some whispered with a solemn face, That there was something odd about him ! I found him at threescore and ten, A single man, but bent quite double, Sickness...take him from a world of trouble — He prosed of sliding down the hill, Discovered he grew older daily ; One frosty day he made his will — The next...
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The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 296 pages
...Some whispered with a solemn face, That there was something odd about him ! I found him at threescore and ten, A single man, but bent quite double, Sickness...coming on him then, To take him from a world of trouble — dUI NCE . He prosed of sliding down the hill, Discovered he grew older daily ; One frosty day he...
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The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1844 - 292 pages
...Some whispered with a solemn face, That there was something odd about him ! I found him at threescore and ten, A single man, but bent quite double, Sickness was coming on him then, He prosed of sliding down the hill, Discovered he grew older daily ; One frosty day he made his will—...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...nothing, great or small, without him; Some whispered, with a solemn face, • I found him at three score and ten A single man. but bent quite double, Sickness...To take him from a world of trouble. He prosed of sliding down the hill, Discovered he grew older daily ; One frosty day he made his will, The next he...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1

Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...Some whispered, with a solemn face, That there was something odd about him. I found him at three score and ten A single man, but bent quite double, Sickness...To take him from a world of trouble. He prosed of sliding down the hi11; Discovered he grew older daily ; One frosty day he made his will, The next he...
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Lillian, and other poems

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1852 - 324 pages
...without him, Some whispered with a solemn face, I found him at threescore and ten, A single man, tut bent quite double, Sickness was coming on him then,...take him from a world of trouble — He prosed of sliding down the hill, Discovered he grew older daily ; One frosty day he made his will — The next...
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Recollections of a Literary Life

Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...quite double, Sickness was coming on him then To take him from a world of trouble. He prosed of sliding down the hill, Discovered he grew older daily ; One...frosty day he made his will, The next he sent for Dr. Baillie. And 90 he lived, and so he died ; When last I sat beside his pillow He shook my hand:...
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The Poems of Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Volume 2

Winthrop Mackworth Praed - 1864 - 454 pages
...whispered, with a solemn face, That there was "something odd about him!" I found him, at threescore and ten, A single man, but bent quite double ; Sickness...lived, — and so he died ! — When last I sat beside hi's pillow He shook my hand, and " Ah ! " he cried, " Penelope must wear the willow. Tell her I hugged...
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