 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1800 - 318 pages
...puppy — you have fpoil'd my wig !" The OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, And Ao-o> lie gained them. You are oJd, Father William* the young man cried, The few locks...William, a hearty old man, Now tell me the reason I pray. In the days of my youth, Father William replied, I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abused... | |
 | Hudson (N.Y.) - 1803 - 438 pages
...William, a young man once , said, Your few locks that are left are quite grey : You are hale, FatHfcr William, a hearty old man : Now tell me the reason, I pray ? In the days of my youth. Father William replied, I remember'd thit youth would fly fast, And abus'd... | |
 | Robert Southey - Poetry - 1805 - 224 pages
...COMFORTS. And. how he gained them. You are old, Father William, the young man cried, The few locks which are left you are grey ; You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man, Now tell me the reason I pray. In the days of my youth, Father William replied, I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And abused... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 pages
...THEM. *' You are old, father William," the young man cried, " The few locks that are left you are gray: You are hale, father William, a hearty old man ; Now tell me the reason, I pray." " In the days of my youth," father William replied, " I remember'd that youth -would fly fast, And... | |
 | 1807 - 550 pages
...curioiity by gft-nej al reader«. H. THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND HOW HE CAIN'ED THEM. You are old, Father William, the young man cried, • The few locks that are left yon are grey ; You arc hale, Father William, a hearty old man, Now tell me tlie reason I pray. In the... | |
 | Poetry - 1804 - 184 pages
...man I WATTS' Ibe Old Man's Comforts. THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND HO\V HE GAINED THEM. <f You are old, father William," the young man cried, " The few locks that are left you are gray: You are hale, father William, a hearty old man : Now tell me the reafon, I pray." " In the days... | |
 | James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 486 pages
...brighter day". JP XIII. THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND HOW HE GAIXED THEM. BY ROBERT SOUTHEY. 1 " You are old father William," the young man cried, " The few locks that are left you are gray : You are hale, father William, a hearty old man : Now tell me the reason, I pray." 2 " In the... | |
 | 1814 - 984 pages
...YOUTH. "YOU arc old, Father William,'' the young man cry'd, "The few locks which are left you are gray, You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man, Now tell me the reason, I pray?" "In the days of my youth," Father William reply'd, "I remembered that youth would fly fast, And abus'd... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1820 - 190 pages
...WATTS. S2 The Old Man's Corrfort*. THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS, AND HOW HE GAINED THEM. " You are old, fathet William," the young man cried, " The few locks that are left you are gray : You are hale, father William, a hearty old man : Now tell me the reason, I pray." " In the clays... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...which e remembers he was entertained in the troubled slumbers of a fit of sickness. — " You are old, father William," the young man cried, " The few locks...hearty old man ; Now tell me the reason, I pray." " In the days of my youth," father William replied, . "I remember'd that youth would fly fast, And... | |
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You are hale, Father William, a hearty old man ; Now tell me the reason, I pray. In the days of my youth... 
