 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 474 pages
...grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat. Anil the breeches, and nil that. Arc so queer 1 And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the...I do now. At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. иг imrt. My aunt! my dear unmarried aunt! Long years have o'er her flown ; Tet still she strain«... | |
 | 1857 - 986 pages
...snow. Bat now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff. And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack in his laugh. I know It is...three-cornered hat. And the breeches, and all that Are so queer 1 And If I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, — Let them smile, as I do... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 642 pages
...crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here; 486 Long ago, — HOLMES. But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches,...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. 4s; ON LENDING A PUNCH-BOWL. THIS ancient silver bowl of mine — it tells of good old times, Of joyous... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 644 pages
...me to sit and grin At him here ; 48G But the old three-cornered hat. And the breeches, and all thai. Are so queer! And if I should live to be The last...I do now. At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. ON LENDING A PUNCH-BOWL. Tins ancient silver bowl of mine — it tells of good old times, Of joyous... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...snow. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a stafl^ And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. OLD GRIMES. ALBEKT G. GREENE. 3orn in Providence, RI, in 1802—Educated for the Bar. ''Old Grimes... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1859 - 422 pages
...grin At him here; But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches, 3 and all that, Are so queer! 8. And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the...I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling. 0 W HoLUEg . 12. AMUSING ANECDOTE. A YOUNG Parisian, 3 going to Amsterdam," was attracted by the remarkable... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1860 - 372 pages
...me to sit and grin At Mm here', But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches—and all that', 8. And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the...' At the old forsaken bough' Where I cling\ OLIVER W. HOLMES. a More solemnity and deeper feeling are expressed by the inflections as here given— the... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers - 1860 - 368 pages
...to sit and grin At him here', But the old three-corner'd hat, And the breeches — and all that'. 8. And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the...do now' At the old forsaken bough' Where I cling\ OLIvEE W. HOLMES. a More solemnity and deeper feeling are expressed by the inflections as here given... | |
 | Old age in literature - 1861 - 144 pages
...snow. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff , And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is...hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer 1 And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring1, Let them smile as I do now,... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1861 - 304 pages
...$now. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back. And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is...three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, THE LAST LEAF. And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, — Let them smile,... | |
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My grandmamma has said — Poor old lady ! she is dead Long ago — That he had a Roman nose, And his cheek was like a rose In the snow. But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack... 
